HL Deb 07 March 2001 vol 623 cc33-4WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the provision in Article 122(2) of the European Treaty, requiring the Council to report at least once every two years on the economies of member states with a derogation from Article 121(1), applies to the United Kingdom; and when the first such report is likely to be published. [HL1048]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Under the Protocol on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Treaty Establishing the European Community, the provisions of Article 122(2) of the Treaty Establishing the European Community do not apply to the United Kingdom.