§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the areas of decision-making by unanimity under the present European Community and Union Treaties which transfer to qualified majority voting in the Convention on the draft EU constitution, broken down by article of the draft constitution; what his policy is on the acceptability of each; and if he will make a statement. [121470]
§ Mr. MacShaneAnnex VIII of document number CONV 727/03 of the Convention on the Future of Europe provides a complete list of the legal bases for which the draft EU constitutional treaty proposes changing the adoption procedure. That document is available on the Convention's website (www.europeanconvention.eu.int) in the "Documents" section. This Government believe that more QMV is essential to push through our solutions to Europe-wide problems in key areas, such as immigration and asylum. But there are areas in which we would not be prepared to move away from unanimity. Our amendments to the draft Treaty, which indicate our policy, are displayed under the "Future of Europe" section of the FCO website (www.fco.gov.uk).
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§ Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list EU policy items which can now be vetoed by member states and which under the draft EU constitution are made subject to qualified majority voting. [122047]
§ Mr. MacShaneAnnex VIII of document number CONV 727/03 of the Convention on the Future of Europe provides a complete list of the legal bases for which the draft EU constitutional treaty proposes changing the adoption procedure. That document is available on the Convention's website (www.europeanconvention.eu.int) in the "Documents" section.