asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the firm assurances which Her Majesty's Government have received relating to Wales as specific exemptions to the general prohibitory provisions of the Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Paris.

There are none.Her Majesty's Government negotiated and signed the Treaty of Accession on behalf of the United Kingdom, taking into account the interests of the entire country.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek to negotiate for the Principality of Wales a protocol to be annexed to Great Britain's Treaty with the European Economic Community in similar terms to that granted to the Republic of Ireland.

In the negotiations leading to signature of the Treaty of Accession, and bearing in mind the interests of all parts of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Government decided that such a request on behalf of regions was inappropriate.