12 OCTOBER 1974, Page 4

19 Royal Creicent Court, Filey, Yorks

Sir: The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs (September 7) implies that Britain cannot legally leave the EEC unilaterally: "The power of Parliament to abrogate international treaties • contrasts with the Irish constitution which ... incorporates the principles of International Law. . British constitutional theory is irrelevant to International Law." Dr FitzGerald might have pointed out a further contrast, for the Irish constitution required and ensured a referendum of the whole electorate before accession to the EEC while the British accession was in flagrant breach of the constitutional truth that a parliament