38. Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters he has submitted for consideration at the next meeting of the Common Market Council of Ministers.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe next meeting is not until September, and it is too soon to forecast what will be on the agenda. The estimate of subject headings likely to come up for discussion in the Council in September will be lodged in the Vote Office in advance of the meeting.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if memoranda presented by the Commission of the European Communities to its Council of Ministers are available to him prior to the meeting of the relevant council; and what arrangements he intends to make to make them available in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. John DaviesSuch memoranda are circulated by the Council Secretariat to all member States before meetings of the Council at which they are to be considered.
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