asked the Secretary of State for Industry what representations he has received from the British Textile Confederation representing the views of trade unions and employers' organisations on Great Britain's membership of the European Economic Community; and whether he will place in the Library of the House of Commons its statement on the subject.

The British Textile Confederation represented to me last year the advantages, as it sees them, for the British textile industry of the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Economic Community. I will place the BTC's statement made at that time—July 1974—in the Library of the House of Commons.