Treaty of Rome

Mr. Hayes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to the EU budget was of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome; what such events took place in the UK; and at what cost.

Caroline Flint
This information is not held by the Government. Requests for this information should be made to the UK Representations of the European Commission and the European Parliament.

On events in the UK, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Triesman on 19 April 2007, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA91, which provided information on the Government’s activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.