§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal(a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. [117221]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe Law Officers do not attend meetings of the Council of Ministers and therefore have not voted on behalf of the United Kingdom since May 1997 because the Law Officers do not have the policy lead on any matters debated there.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department (1) abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting;
(2) has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year; [117249]
(3) indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. [117269]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe Law Officers do not attend meetings of the Council of Ministers as the Law Officers do not have the policy lead on any matters debated there. Therefore, the Law Officers have not been involved in any vote in the Council of Ministers since May 1997.