§ 24. Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the terms for New Zealand's dairy exports to the United Kingdom in the event of the United Kingdom joining the European Economic Community.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeI have nothing to add to my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's statement on 24th June and to the White Paper laid before the House on 7th July.—[Vol. 819, c. 1606–8.]
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§ 43. Mr. Grimondasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British Government first approached the Norwegian Government with a view to making a common approach to the European Economic Community over fishing.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeWe are maintaining close consultation with the Norwegian Government and other applicants about the common fisheries policy of the Community. Of course, the present arrangements of other applicants differ from ours.
§ 45. Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will arrange, at public expense, publication and distribution similar to that given to the "Fact-sheets on Britain and Europe", for a series of pamphlets setting out with comparable impartiality further facts leading to the opposite conclusion.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleNo.
§ 48. Mr. McMasterasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the terms under which Northern Ireland will be entitled to continue her existing regulations for the protection of employment in the event of the United Kingdom joining the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleIn the negotiations Her Majesty's Government have sought a five-year transitional period for Northern Ireland before the application of the Community's requirements on free movement of labour. During this period any available work there should be reserved, as it now is, for residents of Northern Ireland in the first instance, We have also proposed to the Community that it may well be necessary towards the end of the five years to consider whether, and if so what, further special measures will still be needed.
§ 54. Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what benefits he anticipates will be obtained by the sugar-producing 3W countries of the Commonwealth if they obtain associate status compared with the benefits received by the overseas departments of France such as Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleThe position of the French Overseas Departments, which form an integral part of France, is not comparable with that of independent countries which are associated with the Community.
In the view of Her Majesty's Government, association with the Community would provide the framework for the Commonwealth countries concerned to make favourable arrangements not only for sugar but also for a wide range of other products of interest to them.
§ 55. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received from the Australian and New Zealand Governments about the proposed terms of Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeI would refer to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Yarmouth (Mr. Fell).
§ 56. Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has now been able to secure safeguards for Australian sugar exports to the United Kingdom after 1974 if Great Britain should join the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleWe have secured explicit recognition by the Community in relation to products, such as sugar, which would become subject to levies under Community policies, and it would take rapid and effective action to deal with any risk of serious disruption of significant volumes of trade with our traditional trading partners over the transitional period.
§ 58. Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made as to whether negotiations between other European Free Trade Association states and the European Economic Community will be concluded before Parliament is asked to vote on the issue of United Kingdom entry to the European Economic Community.
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§ Mr. Anthony RoyleThe discussions of those members of the European Free Trade Association which are not candidates for full membership are at a relatively early stage, but E.F.T.A. Governments and the Community have expressed the desire that these arrangements should come into force at the same time as the enlargement of the Community.
§ 68. Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the cost to date of printing, publishing, distributing and advertising the documents called "Fact-sheets on Britain and Europe".
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleThe costs incurred in the Factsheet operation to date are £164,350.
§ 71. Mr. Ronald King Murrayasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the percentage contribution the United Kingdom would make as a member of the European Economic Community to the Community's budget; and what percentage of the Community's expenditure the United Kingdom would receive in 1980, assuming a continuation of existing economic trends until that date.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleI have nothing to add to the information set out in the White Paper published last week.
§ 72. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what documents will be required by British citizens wishing to travel within the enlarged European Economic Community if the United Kingdom joins the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleIf the United Kingdom joins the European Economic Community, the documentary requirements for British citizens wishing to travel within the enlarged Community will be unchanged.
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have now been taken in the European Economic Community negotiations to protect British trade links with Australia.
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§ Mr. Anthony RoyleWe have made arrangements to help Australia over certain industrial raw materials; we have secured a reasonable transitional period for the application of the Common External Tariff; and we have secured a specific assurance that abrupt disruption of trade between us and our traditional trading partners during the transitional period in any commodity subject to levies will be avoided.
§ Mr. Matherasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received from the Australian Government about the terms agreed for Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeI would refer to the answers which my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster gave to the hon. Member for West Ham, North (Mr. Arthur Lewis) on 5th July.—[Vol. 820, cc.260–262.]