HC Deb 19 June 1975 vol 893 cc494-5W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what view was expressed by the United Kingdom representative at the recent EEC Council of Ministers in respect of the document on Guidelines for Economic Development 1975.

Mr. Dell

At its meeting on 18th March the Council of Ministers approved the adjusted economic policy guidelines for 1975—Document R/731/1/75—subject to a United Kingdom reserve to enable the United Kingdom parliamentary scrutiny procedures to be completed. The United Kingdom reserve was lifted after the debate on 11th June, and the decision embodying the guidelines was adopted as a formal item at the Council meeting on 16th June.