Even a blind man can hit a dartboard occasionally. Even Kilroy-Silk can ask a question which elicits an interesting reply from the Commission.

29 April 2008 E-2538/08
 
WRITTEN QUESTION by Robert Kilroy-Silk (NI) to the Commission 

Subject: UK Parliament and the EU 
 
Will the Commission give full details of the occasions on which the UK Parliament has commented on EU legislation including: (a) the date of the comment, (b) the legislation in question, and (c) the response of the Commission.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (22.5.2008)

Copies of national parliaments’ contributions and the Commission’s replies are sent to Parliament (department for relations with national parliaments). No doubt the Honourable Member will be kept informed in this way.

Finally, it should be noted that the House of Lords sent eighteen contributions to the Commission in 2007, while the House of Commons contacted the Commission twice during the same period.

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2765/08
by Robert Kilroy-Silk (NI)
to the Commission

Subject: Talk through the EU Anthem

Will the Commission advise the two English football teams, Chelsea and Manchester United, appearing in the UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow in May, to chat together, sit down or walk away, when the so-called ‘European anthem’ is played?

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2666/08
by Robert Kilroy-Silk (NI)
to the Commission

Subject: Smell of Germany in London

What steps is the Commission taking to prevent German muck-spreading being smelt in London?