§ 10. Mr. John Wellsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions he has given to his deputy at the Council of Ministers at Strasbourg about continuing support for the Committee on Non-Represented Nations.
§ The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Walter Padley)This is a Committee of the Consultative Assembly and it is for the Assembly itself to decide whether the Committee is still needed.
§ Mr. WellsWill the hon. Gentleman give a categorical assurance that Her Majesty's Government are not seeking to dodge out of any obligations which they have to the smaller oppressed countries of Eastern Europe?
§ Mr. PadleyI should not wish to intervene in a matter which is the concern of the Assembly and not of the Council of Ministers.
§ Sir G. de FreitasWill my hon. Friend remind the hon. Gentleman and his deputy at Strasbourg, if necessary, that what the Assembly of the Council of Europe does about these matters has nothing whatever to do with the Ministers?