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Written Question
UK Membership of EU
Thursday 9th February 2023

Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the full unedited report by Sir Con O'Neill, produced for his Department, entitled Britain's Entry into the European Community, on the negotiations of 1970 to 1972.

Answered by Leo Docherty

The full unredacted report is held at The National Archives under file reference FCO 75/1. This file was transferred to The National Archives under the terms of the Public Records Act and is publicly available to be viewed.

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