§ Mr. CrookshankWith permission, I will make a statement about the Malta Round-Table Conference. The Conference has presented its Report and it will be laid before the House tomorrow.
I should like to take this opportunity, on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, to thank the noble Lords and right hon. and hon. Members who took part in the Conference for their valuable work. I am sure I can speak for all hon. Members in congratulating the members of the Conference for the despatch with which they have performed their task.
The Government will consider the Report with all speed, but no action will be taken until the House has had the opportunity of debating the Report after Christmas, thus enabling the Government to take careful account of the views of hon. Members on this important constitutional question.
§ Mr. GaitskellWhile it would obviously be out of the question to make any comment until we have read the Report, I should like to associate myself and my right hon. and hon. Friends with the comments of the Leader of the House on the members of the Conference. They did a very big job very quickly, and we are most grateful to them.