Evidence from the Minister
for Europe on the Outcome of the December European Council
1. It has been the Committee's practice in recent
years to hear evidence from the Minister for Europe after each
European Council.
2. Accordingly, in this Report we make available,
for the information of the House, the oral evidence given to us
by The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Minister for Europe, on the outcome
of the Brussels European Council held on 14-15 December 2006.
3. The topics covered in the evidence printed
below are as follows:
- The Berlin Declaration (QQ 20-22)
- Better Regulation (QQ 14-15)
- Commission Reform (QQ 16-17)
- Communicating Europe (Q 31)
- The Constitutional Treaty (QQ 18-19)
- Economic Migration (Q 13)
- Energy (QQ 8-12)
- The Enlargement of the EU (QQ 3-7)
- The Financing of the EU (QQ 26-29)
- Parliamentary Scrutiny During Co-Decision (Q 30)
- The Prüm Convention (Q 25)
- The Working Time Directive (QQ 23-24)
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