HC Deb 19 January 1979 vol 960 cc922-3W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends to reprint Command Paper Number 4864, "The Treaty of Rome ", and Command Paper Number 4865, "Euratom"; and from what date the stocks of each document were unavailable.

Mr. Judd:

The treaty establishing the European Economic Community—Treaty of Rome—has been sent for reprinting. The new version will incorporate amendments introduced since signature in 1957. It is expected that printing will be completed at the end of January 1979. Amendments to the treaties establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Atomic Energy Community —Euratom—and the Treaty of Accession have been similarly made and these three volumes will be printed as soon as possible after the first one.

Stocks of Command Paper 4864—Treaty of Rome—were exhausted in February 1973; stocks of Command Paper 4865—the Euratom Treaty—on 24th November 1978. Both treaties are still available in Command Paper 5179, parts I and II, although stocks are now low. Whilst stocks are also low the Treaty of Rome is still available in an unofficial version published on 1st January 1973 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office for the convenience of Parliament and the public—Her Majesty's Stationery Office reference SBN 11 590122 1.