§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Lord President of the Council how many EEC instruments have been debated in the House of Commons; and what is the total time taken in these debates.
§ Mr. Edward ShortSince the Select Committee on European Secondary Legislation etc. was set up on 7th May last year there have been 12 debates covering 23 EEC documents which had been recommended by the Committee for debate. Of these documents, 15 contained draft instruments for adoption by the Council. The total time devoted to these debates was 22 hours, 23 minutes.