HC Deb 27 January 1976 vol 904 cc121-2W
11. Mr. Cartwright

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with European Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

Q12. Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

Q17. Mr. Stott

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with Heads of Government in Copenhagen on 18th-19th January.

The Prime Minister

I attended a meeting of Social Democratic Party leaders and Heads of Government in Elsinore on 18th and 19th January. We heard an account of the political situation in Portugal from the First Secretary of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Mario Soares, and in Spain from the Chairman of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Felipé Gonzales. This was followed by a discussion of possible assistance to these two countries. We also had a useful debate on the world economic situation and measures to deal with unemployment. A copy of my statement during this debate, which I subsequently released to the Press, has been placed in the Library of the House. I was able during my visit to have talks with a number of Heads of Government, including the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Chancellor of Austria.