§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Employment, whether it is the intention of the Government to agree that the EEC should, as a single entity,
32Wup to date. Subject to this qualification, the required information at the latest dates available is in the following table:
affiliate to the International Labour Organisation.
§ Mr. John Grant,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 29th June 1978; Vol. 952, c. 645], gave the following information:
The Government support the closest possible co-operation between the EEC and the ILO. Only States can be members of the ILO and the nine States of the EEC individually are long-standing members. A liaison agreement between the two organisations was concluded in 1958.