§ Mr. Roger Whiteasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the delay and difficulty for the public in obtaining the printed publications and regulations of the Commission of the European Communities, and in view of their importance to trade and industry in the United Kingdom, whether he will take further steps to ensure that they are readily and promptly available through Government bookshops.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI have been asked to reply.
Her Majesty's Stationery Office as the United Kingdom sales agent for EEC publications places them on sale as soon as copies are received from the EEC printing office in Luxembourg. Continuous efforts are being made to speed up the production of Community regulations and other publications and their dispatch to the United Kingdom.