§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Lord Privy Seal if he has made it a condition of Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community that the British Parliament retains the sovereign right to legislate for the United Kingdom until such time as a properly constituted European Parliament is established on a democratic basis to which the sovereign powers of Parliament are transferred with a general agreement of the nation.
§ Mr. HeathNo. The Treaty of Rome deals with certain specific matters and if we accede to it we shall comply fully with its provisions in respect of these matters. We have accepted the institutions of the Community and the powers which they enjoy under the Treaty. The Treaty itself requires the Assembly to draw up proposals for elections by direct universal suffrage, but this is not a matter for the current negotiations.