§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what opinions have been tendered by the Government to the European Community regarding: (a) whether elections to a European Parliament should be synchronised throughout the EEC, (b) the allocation of seats for the United Kingdom in any expanded EEC parliament, (c) whether dual membership of the United Kingdom and European parliaments should be possible, mandatory or excluded, (d) possible dates for the first election to the European Parliament and (e) whether election to the European Parliament should be by the same suffrage and election systems in all countries.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe Government have not yet taken up a position on these questions. We have been taking part in the Council studies of the various questions involved in the introduction of direct elections to the European Parliament but we shall consult Parliament and the parties before taking up a definite posieion on any particular proposals.