I beg to move:That this House supports the decision of HM Govt to make formal application under Article 237 of the Treaty of Rome [EU] PM 1961 !

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (Hansard, 2 August 1961)

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (Hansard, 2 August 1961)

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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1960s → 1961 → August 1961 → 2 August 1961 → Commons Sitting

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY​

HC Deb 02 August 1961 vol 645 cc1480-606 1480
§ 3.42 p.m.

§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Harold Macmillan)
I beg to move, That this House supports the decision of Her Majesty's Government to make formal application under Article 237 of the Treaty of Rome in order to initiate negotiations to see if satisfactory arrangements can be made to meet the special interests of the United Kingdom, of the Commonwealth and of the European Free Trade Association; and further accepts the undertaking of Her Majesty's Government that no agreement affecting these special interests or involving British sovereignty will be entered into until it has been approved by this House after full consultation with other Commonwealth countries, by whatever procedure they may generally agree. We must all agree that the problems involved in the future of our relations with Europe are among the most difficult and the most important that the nation has ever had to face. The moment of decision, however, has not yet come. What the House is now asked to do is to support the Government's proposal to initiate negotiations on the Common Market within the terms of the Motion. When those negotiations are completed one way or the other, the House will have to pass judgment.........