§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Scottish Office representation at ministerial and official level at meetings of EEC institutions since 1st January.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Agriculture, Scottish Office, attended meetings of the Council of Ministers on 22nd and 23rd January.
To date, Scottish Office officials have attended 21 meetings with officials of the Community or committees of the Community since 1st January 1973. One meeting concerned the Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments; the remainder related to a wide range of agriculture and fisheries topics. All meetings were held in Brussels with the exception of one in Luxembourg at the Statistical Office of the Community. My noble Friend the Minister of State and officials recently had a meeting in London with the Commissioner for Regional Policy and there have been a number of informal meetings in Scotland and London with the Community officials, including officials of the European Investment Bank.