HC Deb 24 February 1958 vol 583 c10W
Mr. de Freitas

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, at the next meeting of the North Atlantic Council, he will present for discussion the resolution adopted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Parliamentarians' Conference asking for the convening of an Atlantic conference similar to that held at The Hague in 1948.

Mr. Ian Harvey

The resolution has been forwarded to all the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Governments. As it is not suggested that the proposed Atlantic congress should be held before 1959, and in view of the current heavy programme of the North Atlantic Council, my right hon. and learned Friend does not intend to promote a discussion of the resolution by the Council at the present time.