§ Q1. Mr. Skinnerasked the Prime Minister what plans he has for a further meeting with President Pompidou.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Reginald Maudling)I have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend looks forward to meeting the President at the European Summit Conference in Paris in October.
§ Mr. SkinnerWhen the Prime Minister goes to meet the European board of directors in October, will the Home Secretary have a few words with the 741 French police about disembarkation difficulties, and, perhaps, consult my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham (Mr. Russell Kerr)? I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman does not wish to see the French use the guillotine.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have enough problems, in my other capacity, about the police in this country. I should have thought on the whole that people who visit other countries should expect to conform to the laws of those countries.
§ Mr. MaclennanBefore the Prime Minister goes to the summit conference, at which it has been given out that he intends to raise the subject of the further democratisation of European institutions, will he ensure that the House has an opportunity to debate and to consider in detail the Government's proposals for the democratisation of the European Parliament and its reactions to the Vedel Commission's report on the strengthening of the powers of the European Parliament?
§ Mr. MaudlingMatters for debate in the House are for my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. I am sure he will take note of the hon. Gentleman's suggestion.