HC Deb 13 March 1964 vol 691 c99W
Mr. C. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will now ratify the European Convention on Establishment, which was signed on their behalf on 13th December 1955.

Mr. R. A. Butler

As stated on 10th May, 1960, by my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Her Majesty's Government prefer not to take a decision about the ratification of this Convention, which has not yet entered into force, until they have been able to study the reservations and restrictions made by other countries as they ratify. Four States have so far ratified the Convention.