HC Deb 19 April 1967 vol 745 cc116-8W
Mr. Clark Hutchison

asked the Prime Minister (1) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Ministry of Power and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(2) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Ministry of Technology and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(3) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Ministry of Health, and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(4) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Home Office, and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(5) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Ministry of Social Security, and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(6) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Ministry of Labour, and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967;

(7) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Depart- ment of Education and Science, and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March 1967;

(8) whether he will publish and make available in the Vote Office an assessment of how the policies of the Attorney-General's department and that of the bodies and organisations for which it is answerable, will be affected if Great Britain joins the European Economic Community, on the lines of the assessment recently given by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Select Committee on Agriculture and published on 8th March, 1967.

The Prime Minister: No. This method would not necessarily be appropriate in fields other than that of the common agricultural policy. But the question of the supply of further information to Parliament about possible entry into the European Economic Community is very much in the Government's mind.