§ 26. Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will now request the Welsh Council to make a further more detailed and more comprehensive study of the likely effects of Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community upon Wales.
§ Mr. MorganDoes the Secretary of State not accept that he has left the House with an impression he has not assiduously examined the likely effect on Wales of entry into the E.E.C. and that he is emulating the three wise monkeys in not hearing, speaking or indeed even thinking any evil of the E.E.C.?
§ Mr. ThomasI have assiduously examined the facts, as did the Welsh Council. I am sure the hon. Gentleman would agree that the Report of the Welsh Council was an extremely well-documented and valuable assessment of the effects of entry on Wales.
§ Mr. KinnockIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that in Monmouthshire, the area which could have been presumed to benefit most from entry into the E.E.C., 4,000 jobs have been lost in the last 14 months? Does he not agree that if the Government keep this up, we in Wales truly will go naked into Europe and that that will be the Government's fault?
§ Mr. ThomasI hope that the industrialists in Monmouthshire will appreciate that our entry into Europe will mean a very much wider market for their products.