§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration Her Majesty's Government have given to the annexe to the Report put out by the Common Market in October on the position of Commonwealth immigrants in an expanded community; and what instructions have been given to Her Majesty's Government representatives in Brussels on this matter pending the opening of negotiations with the Six.
§ Mr. George ThomsonIf the hon. and gallant Gentleman is referring to paragraph 85 of the annex to the European202W Commission's revised Opinion, dealing with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, this section is unchanged from the relevant section of the Commission's 1967 Opinion; namely paragraph 114. This subject was dealt with fully by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in the debate in the House in which issues connected with our application for membership of the European Communities were examined. Both Opinions refer to my right hon. Friend's remarks in that debate, and I have nothing to add to that statement.—[Vol. 746, c. 1085–7.]