§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will either publish the full draft of the proposed Convention on Direct Elections to the European Assembly, due to be considered by the Heads of State in April, or make a statement on how this draft differs from the proposals of the Assembly published in the Official Journal of the EEC on 11th February 1975.
§ Mr. HattersleyMy right hon. Friend published a full summary which covers86W all the points of significance in the draft in reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 10th March. It is not possible to go further than this at the present time when discussions are continuing in the Community and there are still differences of view on many points.