HC Deb 23 July 1947 vol 440 cc138-9W
Mr. Wilkes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Parliamentary Delegations and the number of Members of Parliament represented thereon that have visited countries abroad during the preceding 12 months.

Mr. Mayhew

During the period June, 1946, to June, 1947, 16 Parliamentary delegations, making a total of 114 Members of Parliament, visited foreign countries. The delegations were composed as follows:

Country. Date. No. of Members.
Persia June, 1946 3
Bermuda June, 1946 8
Czechoslovakia July, 1946 8
Germany June, 1946 8
July, 1946 8
August, 1946 8
September, 1946 8
Austria June, 1946 8
July, 1946 8
August, 1946 7
September, 1946 8
Greece August, 1946 8
Japan September, 1946 5
Belgium October, 1946 12
Germany and Austria February, 1947 3
Finland March, 1947 4

This list does not include visits and delegations of Members of Parliament to attend conferences.