§ Mr. Nigel Spearingasked the Lord President of the Council if he will list in the Offical Report, in the manner of his Writen Answer of 7th April 1975, all debates relating to EEC Documents, Treaty Orders in Council, Budgets, debates on the Adjournment, Import Duties Orders or other debates related to the European Communities that have occurred since 12th March 1975.
§ Mr. FootThe information is given in the following table.
Date of Debate: (in Standing Committee) 12.3.75.
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (DEFINITION OF TREATIES).
Government Motions:
That the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1975, a draft of which was laid before this House on 26th February, be approved.
Period of Debate: 10.30 a.m.-11.30 a.m.
Time available: 1½ hours.
Decision: (in standing Committee)
Resolved that Committee have considered the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1975.
Date: 13.3.75
Decision: (Floor of House)
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 73A (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments). That the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1975, a draft of which was laid before this House on 26th February, be approved.
Question agreed to.
Date of Debate: 7–9.4.75.
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (MEMBERSHIP).
Government Motion:
1. That this House approves the recommendation of Her Majesty's Government to continue Britain's Membership of the Community as set out in the White Paper on the Membership of the European Community (Cmnd. No. 5999). 2. The following motion was also on the order paper:
REGIONAL AID
That this House takes note of Commission Documents R/650/75 and R/1372/73.
Period of Debate: 3 days.
510WAmendments on Order Paper: To the Regional Aid motion.
Mr. Nigel Spearing
Mr. Max Madden
Line 1, leave out from 'House' to end and add 'deadlines to take note of Commission Documents R/650/75 and R/1372/73 dealing with regional aid and provision of confidential information concerning investments in "central areas", without specific and adequate debate on these documents.
Decision:
Question accordingly agreed to.
RESOLVED, That this House approves the recommendations of Her Majesty's Government to continue Britain's membership of the Community as set out in the White Paper on the Membership of the European Community (Command 5999).
Second Question not put *
* Mr Speaker ruled that as a Member objected the two motions could not be debated together, but the documents mentioned in the second motion were relevant to the general debate.
Date of Debate: 17.4.75.
Title: EEC (ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT).
Government Motion:
"… That this House takes note of Commission Documents R/2195/74 and R/162/75 and the Government's intention subject to the normal United Kingdom financial proceedures to collaborate in EEC energy research programmes which are well based and have adequate review procedures."
Period of Debate: 10.1 p.m.—11.30 p.m.
Time Available: 1½ hours.
Decision:
Question put and agreed to.
RESOLVED, That this House take note of Commission documents R/2195/74 and R/162/75 and of the Government's intention subject to the normal United Kingdom financial procedures to collaborate in EEC energy research programmes which are well based and have adequate review procedures.
Date of Debate: 11.6.75.
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY—ECONOMIC POLICY.
Government Motion:
"… That this House takes note of Commission Document R/731/175".
Period of Debate: 12.18 a.m.—1.48 a.m.
Time Available: 1½ hours.
Decision:
It being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion, the debate stood adjourned.
511WDate of Debate: 4.7.75 (1).
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (BUDGETS).
Government Motion:
… That this House do now adjourn".
Proposed subjects for debate: Community Budget for 1975.
Preliminary draft budget (R/2155/74, R/2340/ 74 and R/2443/74).
Draft Budget.
Final budget as adopted (Official Journal of the Communities Vol. 18, No. L54, 28 February 1975).
Proposed new timetable for the Community budget (R/870/75 and R/1543/75).
Control of Community budget expenditure (R3009/74, R/333/75 and R/419/75):
Maximum Rate of Increase of Non-Obligatory expenditure for 1976 (R/1200/75):
Note by the Treasury on the transfer and carrying forward of appropriations in the Community budget.
Period of Debate: 11.12 a.m.—3.12 p.m.
Time Available: ½ day.
Decision:
"… to ask leave to withdraw the motion".
MOTION, BY LEAVE, WITHDRAWN.
Date of Debate: 4.7.75 (2).
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (SHIPBUILDING).
Government Motion:
"… That this House takes note of Commission Document R/1362/75".
Period of Debate: 3.13 p.m.—4.43 p.m.
Time Available: 1 ½ hours.
Amendment on Order Paper: Not Selected.
Mr. Douglas Jay
Mr. Norman Buchan
Mr. Nigel Spearing
Mr. Ted Leadbitter
Dr. M. D. Miller
Mr. Eddie Loyden
Line 1, leave out from "House" to end and add "declines to approve EEC Document R/1362/75 (RC2) "Aids to Shipbuilding", which would eliminate direct shipbuilding subsidies to the United Kingdom Shipbuilding Industry by the end of 1975 without any assurance that Great Britain's competitors inside the EEC would be similarly affected".
Decision:
"It being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion, proceedings therefore lapsed, pursuant to Order this day".
Date of Debate: 6.8.75
Title: TEXTILE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRIES. Documents Nos. S/799/75 and R/1431/75
Government Motion:
"… That this House do now adjourn
512WPeriod of Debate: 7.11 p.m.-12 a.m.
Time Available: ½ day
Decision:
It being Twelve o'clock, the motion for the adjournment of the House lapsed without Question put.
Dale of Debate: 17.10.75
Title: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY—AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. Documents R/635/75, R/1944/75, R/1991/75, R/1831/75, R/1947/75, R/2713/73, R/2193/74, and the EEC Council Regulation dated 25 July 1975 on the "Green Pound", and the change in the value of the "Green Pound" announced by the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food on 15 October.
Government Motion:
"… That this House do now adjourn
Period of Debate: 11.4 a.m.-4 p.m.
Time Available: One day (Friday)
Decision:
It being Four o'clock the motion for the Adjournment of the House lapsed without Question put.
Date of Debate: 3.11.75
Title: EUROPEAN SECONDARY LEGISLATION
Government Moton: That this House takes note of the First Report from the Select Committee on Procedure, Session 1974–75 on European Secondary Legislation (House of Commons Paper No 294)
Period of Debate: 3.35 p.m.-7.18 p.m.
Time Available: ½ day
Amendments on Order Paper: (Not selected)
Mr. Michael English
Line 2, at end add 'but considers that the terms of reference of the Select Committee on European Secondary Legislation etc should be so widened as to include all Community proposals'.
Decision:
Question put and agreed to
RESOLVED That this House takes note of the First Report from the Select Committee on procedure, Session 1974–75, on European Secondary Legislation (House of Commons Paper No 294).
The following Motions were also relevant to this debate:
STANDING ORDER NO 3 (EXEMPTED BUSINESS)
Mr. Edward Short
That Standing Order No 3 (Exempted business) be amended as follows:
Line 17, after 'provides', insert 'and proceedings on Commission Documents '.
Line 43, at end insert 'In this paragraph, and in Standing Orders No 60 (Constitution of standing committees), No 62 (Nomination of standing committees) and No 73A (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments etc),
513W"Commission Documents" means draft proposals by the Commission of the European Economic Community for secondary legislation and other documents published by the Commission for submission to the Council of Ministers'.