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European Commission

I agree. It is not absolutely clear what purpose the document is intended to serve. The Minister, in introducing the debate, said that it was a strategy document. It does not appear to be terribly strategic in the way in which it is presented. In the House of Lords report on the 2008 annual policy strategy, criticism was made along those lines. The other place questioned whether it was intended to be a snapshot of where the European Commission was at and what work was in progress, or whether it was supposed to be a list for a future work programme. It was not clear whether it was supposed to be a consultation document involving the other institutions and member states. If these debates are to be meaningful and we are to contribute to what is going on as a British Parliament—