§ 73. Mr. Wadeasked the President of the Board of Trade, what recent progress he has to report on the negotiations designed to bring to an end the division of Europe into two economic blocs caused by the existence of the European Free Trade Area and the European Common Market; and what specific proposals Her Majesty's Government have now put forward.
§ Mr. MaudlingFollowing the Prime Minister's discussions with Dr. Adenauer in Bonn in August, the Lord Privy Seal has had exchanges of views with the Italian Government and more recently with the French Government. The Lord Privy Seal and I have also discussed this problem at the Commonwealth Economic Consultative Council and at the E.F.T.A. Council in Berne. No specific proposals have, however, been put forward by Her Majesty's Government.