HC Deb 06 December 1951 vol 494 c2545
24. Mr. Raymond Gower

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now arrange for the proceedings of the Council for Wales to be published and accessible to the Press as are the proceedings of this House.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

This is a matter for the Council to decide.

Mr. Gower

Does the Home Secretary realise that when the Council was originally set up there was a directive from the Government? Could not a similar directive be given now in view of the fact that bodies of this kind seldom flourish in conditions of permanent secrecy?

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

I feel that they flourish better if they manage their own affairs. I should like to see that tried first.

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