§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Lord President of the Council if he will publish a table showing the opportunities for individual hon. Members to ask questions of Ministers and the Head of Government; to introduce draft legislation, participate in debates on subjects chosen by an opposition grouping, raise a specific grievance at a regular interval, apply to an authority not controlled by Government for leave to ask an emergency question or initiate an emergency debate, table and debate a motion on any topic or be free to change political allegiance between elections, in each of the Parliaments of the member states of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. NewtonParliamentary procedures, practices and conventions vary widely in the parliaments of the member states of the European Community according to traditions and needs. To supply the information requested by the hon. Member would involve detailed consultation of the parliaments of the other member states and could therefore be made available only at disproportionate cost.