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Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 19 May 1992
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Treaty on European Union
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the provisions which define the areas of exclusive competence of the European Community, as contained in article 3b of the draft treaty on European union, in the event of that treaty coming into force.
The Attorney-General : The hon. Member asked a question on 20 December 1991 about the exclusive jurisdiction of the European Community to which my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office replied on 13 January 1992, at column 438. The term
"exclusive jurisdiction of the European Community"
in article 3b has now been replaced by
"exclusive competence of the European Community",
in accordance with the usual translation of the French word "competence". The answer to the hon. Member's question about exclusive competence is the same as to his question about exclusive jurisdiction, mutatis mutandis : the European Community has exclusive competence where that is conferred upon it by treaty provision or measures taken under the treaty. Current examples include the common agricultural policy, the common commercial policy and the external tariff.
Rape (Male Victims)
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions have been brought for the rape of a male victim in each year since 1987.
Mr. Jack : I have been asked to reply.
The figures given in the table are for acts of non-consensual buggery.