ADDRESS TO HOUSE

Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 12

ADDRESS TO HOUSE

No Decision Yet (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. June 30. The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) told the House >f Representatives at the adjournment at 4.30 p.m. today that he wished to reserve until he had seen Mr Duncan Sandys tomorrow the decision on the question as to whether the House should discuss the European Economic Community issue dur ing the foreign affairs debate on Tuesday and Wednesday nights of nex< week.

The British Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Mr Sandys is due to arrive at Wellington airport tomorrow afternoon for discussions with the Government about the proposed British membership of the E E C. Mr Holyoake said that he would like to reserve the question of whether they would discuss the question o f the E.E.C. inside the foreign affairs debate or whether it would be prooer, advisable and advantageous to discuss EEC. during the foreign affairs debate while Mr Sandys was in New Zealand or whether it should be at some other time the following week Mr Nash had agreed with him that it would have been discourteous to discuss the matter while M” Sandy’s wis in New Zealand. “T wish to reserve decision on the point until I have had discussions with M r Sandvs over the weekend.” said Mr Holvoake.

Mr Holyoake said he had given his views to Mr Nash who was also due to meet Mr Sandvs privately. Mr Nash, ag’eein"' with Mr Hnlyoak’. S’ld ’hat he thought it would be the better w”V i f they d’scussed EEC. after Mr Sandvs had left. He said that he had sent a cable to Britain pointing out the dangers from the New Zealand noint o f view Mr Holvoake said be thought that perhans Mr Sandys mivht say: “I would Hke to hear vnu fellows debate the thing.”