Does my noble friend recall that the Republic of Ireland joined Euratom a long time before it joined the European Economic Community? In fact, I chaired a meeting in Cambridge in 1961 at which the Taoiseach said that Ireland was going to apply to join Euratom, which of course was a staging post to joining the European Economic Community, but equally that demonstrated that they are not exactly the same thing.
Euratom
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Lea of Crondall
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 20 July 2017.
It occurred during Questions for short debate on Euratom.
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