HC Deb 18 June 1976 vol 913 c281W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what status under the Treaty of Rome, or any Standing Order or its equivalent of the Council of Ministers, his recent meeting of Education Ministers "meeting within the Council" had, other than the meeting of the Council of Ministers as such; when the Council within the Council proposes to meet again; and what is the agenda.

Mr. Mulley

Meetings of Ministers within the Council have no status under the Treaty of Rome. The association of the Ministers meeting within the Council with the meeting of the Council emphasises that the subject matter of the meeting does not fall exclusively under the Treaty. No further meeting of Education Ministers has yet been arranged.