HC Deb 12 June 2003 vol 406 cc59-60WS
The Minister for E-Commerce and Competitiveness (Mr. Stephen Timms)

The Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Union, Anne Lambert, attended the Council on 5 June on my behalf.

The Council approved a General Agreement on the structure and tasks of a Regulation establishing a new European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). The Government supports this initiative but abstained from supporting the General Agreement on the grounds that the legal base proposed—Article 95—is inappropriate for this body.

Council Conclusions on the World Summit on the Information Society, being held in Geneva in December, were agreed without substantial debate.