§ Q39. Mr. Spearingasked the Prime Minister if, pursuant to her reply to the hon. Member for Ruislip—Nortbwood (Mr. Wilkinson) on 1 May, concerning sales of surplus butter by the European Economic Community, she will state the nature of any representations since made by Her Majesty's Government.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal raised the question of butter sales to the USSR with the Vice-President of the EC Commission responsible for External Relations, Herr Haferkamp, on 6 May, and emphasised that it was a matter of great public concern in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities, Sir Michael Butler, made the same point in the Committee of Permanent Representatives; on 14 May.