§ 42. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken by His Majesty's Government since the issue of Command Paper No. 7838 last November to implement the recommendations of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe.
§ Mr. BevinRecommendations of the Consultative Assembly are addressed to the Committee of Ministers, and individual Governments are not called upon to consider action except as the result of recommendations transmitted to them by the Committee of Ministers. At their meeting of November last, the Committee of Ministers requested Governments to take certain action in respect of the Assembly's recommendations regarding social security, human rights and the question of a European passport. His Majesty's Government complied with the Committee's request that they should nominate an expert to the Committee for drafting a human rights convention, and their replies to the Ministers' other requests will be forwarded shortly.