B. CASES WHERE EFFECTIVE SCRUTINY HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
44. COMMISSION REPORT AND PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
AUTHORISING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO EXTEND A MEASURE DEROGATING
FROM ARTICLES 6 AND 17 OF THE SIXTH VAT DIRECTIVE (77/388/EEC)
(12806/97)
Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee,
to Dawn Primarolo MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
I am writing in respect of your Explanatory Memorandum of
8 December relating to the above item. I must protest that this
item was not deposited in sufficient time for adequate scrutiny
to be undertaken. I note your description of the proposal as merely
a continuation of a well-established existing policy". However,
since the Government applied for the further extension to the
derogation as long ago as 6 October, it does not seem to me satisfactory
that the item should be submitted to Parliament on 8 December
with a view to a Council decision in the week beginning 15 December.
11 December 1997
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