HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 c579W
Mr. Wiggin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has commissioned on the possible(a) impact and (b) cost that may follow from the adopt ion of the proposed European Union constitution, in relation to criminal matters. [184015]

Caroline Flint

The Government carried out detailed examination of all proposals in the field of criminal justice with regard to their potential impact, prior to agreement on the Constitutional Treaty. The Government have not commissioned separate research in this area following agreement on the text of the Constitutional Treaty.