§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by which words in paragraph 130 of Command Paper No. 6003 Her Majesty's Government consider themselves either committed or uncommitted to European Union, as commonly understood in the institutions of the EEC.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe paragraph makes clear that the Government while welcoming closer co-operation in the Community, is not committed to any particular concept of European Union. It was the absence of any common understanding in the Community as to the meaning of European Union that led to the invitation to M. Tindemans to report on the subject.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what date Her Majesty's Government will have reached a definitive
6th November 1972 22nd March 1976 Number Salary Number Salary £ £ Head of the Home Civil Service 1 16,750 1 20,175 Secretary to the Cabinet 1 16,750 1 20,175 Permanent Secretary to the Treasury 1 16,750 1 20,175 Head of the Diplomatic Service 1 16,750 1 20,175 Other Permanent Secretaries (excluding Second Permanent Secretaries) 21 15,750 25 18,675 I regret that the information requested in the third part of the question is not available centrally.