§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what manner he proposes to announce appointments to advisory bodies of the EEC; and if he will list appointments already made in the OFFICIAL REPORT, together with the names of the bodies responsible for the expenses and emoluments of the persons concerned.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe names of those appointed by the Council of Ministers to the Economic and Social Committee and other advisory bodies will formally be notified in the Official Journal of the Communities. The names of the United Kingdom members were given in the 25th January issue of "Trade and Industry". Members receive no salary, but a subsistence allowance and travel costs are paid by the Community.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 410W Affairs whether Mr. Brendan Harkin, general secretary of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance, was nominated to the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC by Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. John DaviesNo.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the names of the British persons nominated by the Government to the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC; when the nominations took place; what are the names of the bodies invited to suggest names; and what are the names of the bodies whose nominees were accepted.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe names of those appointed by the Council of Ministers—at their meeting on 15th January—to the Economic and Social Committee have been announced in a Council Press notice and will formally be notified in the Official Journal of the Communities. The names of the United Kingdom members were given in the 25th January issue of "Trade and Industry". Members of the Economic and Social Committee are appointed in their personal capacity and not as representatives of particular bodies.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provisions of the Treaty of Rome govern the nomination by the Government of the Republic of Eire of British citizens to membership of the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC.
§ Mr. John DaviesArticle 195 of the Treaty of Rome refers to "seats allotted to [each Members State's] nationals" and requires that the
composition of the Committee shall take account of the need to ensure adequate representation of the various categories of economic and social activity.
§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the titles of the items of European Economic Community secondary legislation which have been promulgated since 1st January and of the proposals for such legislation which have been notified to him since 1st January.
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§ Mr. John DaviesNo. The items of Community secondary legislation promulgated since 1st January are fully listed on the front pages of each Official Journal in which those items are published, and the items of draft legislation, 55 of which had been received in the Vote Office up to 29th January, are fully listed in records held by the Vote Office. It would therefore be an unnecessary duplication of effort to repeat all this information, which is readily available to MPs in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what adjustments have been made to the Treaty of Accession in the light of Norway's decision not to ratify it.
Mr. Anthony BoyleThe necessary adjustments were effected by means of a Council decision on 1st January 1973, the text of which was published in the Official Journal, Volume 16 No. L2 of 1st January 1973.