§ Mr. Carol Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the European Convention on Establishment, signed under the auspices of the Council of Europe, came into force on 23rd February, 1965, and that, under Resolution 51 (30) B of the Committee of Ministers, this Convention should be ratified within one year; and whether Her Majesty's Government will now deposit its instrument of ratification of that Convention.
§ Mr. PadleyThe Convention came into force for the five countries which have so far ratified it on 23rd February 1965. Her Majesty's Government are at present considering the question of ratification of the Convention by the United Kingdom.