Orders of the Day — European Communities

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 October 1971.

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Photo of Mr Norman Atkinson Mr Norman Atkinson , Tottenham 12:00, 25 October 1971

Before my right hon. Friend leaves that point, he has repeated the remark that we have accepted the terms spelt out in the White Paper. Presumably, by "we" he means hon. Members on this side, but would he not accept that the highest policy-making authority in the Labour movement is its annual conference, and that the annual conference of the Labour movement has never accepted these terms and does not do so now?