HC Deb 06 November 2003 vol 412 cc819-20W
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the non-institutional matters which he submitted to the Italian Presidency by 20 October for raising at the Intergovernmental Conference. [135377]

Mr. MacShane

The Government's letter to the Presidency on non-institutional issues for discussion in the Inter-governmental Conference raised the following issues: aspects of Justice and Home Affairs, the status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; economic governance and the budget; defence; and the scope of qualified majority voting and co-decision. The Government's White Paper sets out our position on these questions in detail.

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