HC Deb 29 June 1959 vol 608 cc9-10W
87. Mr. Randall

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken by the Committee of Ministers in connection with Recommendation No. 188, 1959, of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe concerning Hungarian refugees in Austria who wish to settle in a member-country of the Council of Europe; and what progress has so far been recorded.

Mr. R. Allan

At a meeting in Strasbourg early in March the Ministers' Deputies invited the attention of Member Governments to the Recommendation. We have not yet been informed what response they have made.

Mr. Randall

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if Her Majesty's Government have now decided what action will be taken in recommending the adoption of Recommendation No. 189, 1959, of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, on the Third Progress Report of the Special Representative of the Council of Europe for National Refugees and Overpopulation.

Mr. R. Allan

The Committee of Ministers' Deputies first considered Recommendation 189 at a meeting in March, and is to consider it again at a meeting on 1st July. As I informed the hon. Gentleman on 23rd February, Her Majesty's Government wish to know the views of other Governments before taking a decision on their own attitude towards this Recommendation.