§ 13. Mr. Ridsdaleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what plans he has for taking new initiatives to strengthen the North Atlantic Community.
§ Mr. PadleyMy right hon. Friend was hoping to attend the Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation this week and to have discussions with his colleagues on the strength and cohesion of the alliance. He will not now be able to do so because of illness. But my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be attending.
§ Mr. RidsdaleWhy are the Government being so complacent about pressing ahead with the Kennedy Round of tariffs? The Minister is surely aware that without the Kennedy Round the division 896 of Europe into two discriminatory trading blocs will have serious repercussions? What has been done about this?
§ Mr. PadleyI confess that I am a little surprised at the relationship of the Kennedy Round to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Personally I am strongly in favour of both.