HC Deb 22 January 1959 vol 598 cc53-4W
Mr. Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further action has been taken by the Committee of Ministers with regard to Parts I, II, and III, respectively, of Recommendation 155, 1958, on a European Civil Service, adopted by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe on 17th January, 1958.

Mr. R. Allan

The proposals in Part 1 of the Recommendation are still being studied.

With regard to Part II the Committee of Ministers have decided that it would be premature to transform the Working Party into a permanent co-ordinating body. They agreed that it should be left to the Working Party itself, when it thought fit, to make proposals about its future activities.

With regard to Part III the new Six-Power Communities, viz., Euratom and the European Economic Community, have now decided to be represented in the Working Party and to take part in its meetings.