§ Q7. Sir T. Beamishasked the Prime Minister when and from whom he obtained evidence that the member countries of the European Economic Community had problems which they needed to solve before the United Kingdom could make progress towards entering the Community; what is the precise nature of these problems; and how long he estimates it will be before they have all been satisfactorily sorted out.
§ Q9. Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Prime Minister what representations he has received from Common Market countries about the problems they must resolve before opening negotiations for British entry to the Common Market.
§ The Prime MinisterI have received no specific representations, but it is no secret that the Community have been engaged on a number of difficult problems since their resumption of normal work in February, and that not all of these have been fully resolved.