§ 44. Mr. Mathewasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will support the proposals contained in Recommendation 245 of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe for the setting up of a Parliamentary advisory body to the proposed new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development consisting of members of the Consultative Assembly with representatives of the Parliaments or Assemblies established under the constitutions or basic laws of the other five members of the proposed new organisation.
§ Mr. R. AllanThis Recommendation will be considered by the Ministers of the twenty Governments when they meet in Paris later this month to discuss the reorganisation of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation. It would not be proper for me to anticipate this meeting so I can only say now that Her Majesty's Government welcome in principle the Consultative Assembly's proposal that special meetings should be held attended by Parliamentarians from the twenty member countries of the reconstituted Organisation for European Economic Co-operation.