§ 45. Mr. A. Robertsasked the Prime Minister what developments have taken place recently which are likely to bring about the United Kingdom joining Euratom.
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Harold Macmillan)I have nothing to add to the reply which I gave on 22nd April to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Barnsley (Mr. Mason).
§ Mr. RobertsIs the Prime Minister aware that there is a definite bias in Euratom which is not in favour of the United Kingdom? Does the Prime Minister not agree that it is time we displayed more interest in this organisation and appointed a representative to it?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir. This is a somewhat complicated matter. As I explained, we have at present bilateral agreements with all the members of the Euratom combination. We are studying whether we could make a further association with them collectively.