A six-part series
5Brussels: A Mandarin'sParadise.'
Our membership of the European Community has had more impact on the daily life of Whitehall than on any other area of national life.
Hugo Young goes to Brussels to investigate the power the Common Market gives our civil servants. He talks, among others, to Sir Michael Butler , the UK Ambassador to the EEC; Peter Pooley , seconded from the Ministry of Agriculture to negotiate on Britain's behalf;
Sir Donald Maitland , Permanent Secretary at the Department of Energy; and politicians, The
Rt Hon Tony Benn , mp, The Rt lion
Roy Hattersley , mp and The Rt Hon Peter Walker , mp. Producer ANNE SLOMAN