HC Deb 16 December 2002 vol 396 cc523-4W
Keith Vaz

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the Prime Minister of Poland. [87011]

The Prime Minister

I discussed a wide range of issues, including the EU enlargement negotiations, when I met Leszek Miller in London on 26 November 2002. After our meeting, I announced that Polish nationals will be eligible to enter the UK as au pairs. The Government have since announced that we will extend to citizens of Poland, and the other EU member states, from their accession on 1 May 2004, the full rights to work in the UK as enjoyed by existing EU citizens, a subject that Leszek Miller raised with me.