§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether Her Majesty's Government are giving any support to the action brought by Lord Bethell in the European Court to declare the current air fare agreements in Europe contrary to the Treaty of Rome.
§ Mr. SproatOn 8 January we formally notified the European Court of Justice of our intention to intervene in support of the case brought by Lord Bethell, in which he has submitted that a communication of the Commission on 17 July 1981 should be annulled in so far as it declares that the competition rules are not applicable to airlines with respect to the fixing of air tariffs within the Community.