§ 47. Mr. Doughtyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will hold early consultations with the European Free Trade Association countries with a view to a joint fresh approach being made to combine the European Free Trade Area with the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. PadleyAt their meeting at Copenhagen on 28th and 29th October the European Free Trade Association Ministerial Council reaffirmed their readiness to begin a dialogue between European Free Trade Association and the European Economic Community, with a view to establishing closer relations between the two groups, and the Community have been informed 187W of this. The question of further consultations with the European Free Trade Association countries does not therefore arise at present.