HC Deb 25 October 1955 vol 545 cc15-6W
105. Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Her Majesty's Government advised civil servants not to attend the International Conference on Regional Planning and Development at Bedford College, London, at the end of September.

Major Lloyd-George

Almost all of the civil servants invited to this conference were invited in an official capacity, usually as departmental representatives. Her Majesty's Government did not approve of such departmental representation because participation by civil servants in activities organised by this Association might give rise to misunderstanding since some of the organisers responsible for the conference are Communists or Communist sympathisers.