HC Deb 22 February 1967 vol 741 cc296-7W
91. Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in conjunction with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress, he will arrange for his Department to call a conference at which he could explain to what extent Great Britain's entry into the Common Market will affect our agricultural and horticultural industries, and our balance of payment problems.

Mr. Jay

No; arrangements for consultation with industry already exist through the First Secretary's Industrial Consultative Committee on the Approach to Europe on which the C.B.I. and T.U.C. are represented.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving his estimate of the extent to which the United Kingdom balance of payments and trade will be adversely affected if Great Britain enters the Common Market on the basis of accepting the Market's present agricultural and free flow of capital policies; and how this would be changed if the United Kingdom accepted either of these policies.

Mr. Jay

I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Members for Glasgow, Govan (Mr. Rankin) and for Barons Court (Mr. Richard) yesterday, 21st February.—[Vol. 741, c.254–5.]

Sir W. Bromley-Davenport

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish as a White Paper his detailed estimate of the financial and other consequences of Great Britain entering the Common Market.

Mr. Jay

I have nothing to add to the estimates made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 10th November.—[Vol. 735, c. 1530–31.]