§ 30. Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether she will make a statement about the work of the Council for Volunteers Overseas.
§ Mr. OramThe Council is a wholly independent body, on which the Government is represented by an observer. Its function is to give advice to the voluntary bodies which recruit volunteers and the Lockwood Committee. The Council is, I understand, seeking to promote among employers a climate of opinion favourable to returned volunteers and to broaden the basis of volunteer service, for example, by its extension in industry.