HC Deb 27 April 1966 vol 727 cc33-4W
Mr. Will Owen

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom Parliament delegation to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The Prime Minister

Yes. The Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe will be meeting in Strasbourg from 2nd to 6th May. I have appointed 18 delegates from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The delegation this year will consist of 10 Members of the Labour Party, 7 Members of the Conservative Party and 1 Member of the Liberal Party. I have also appointed a number of substitute delegates.

The appointments of Conservative and Liberal representatives and substitutes have been made on the basis of nominations by the Leaders of those Parties.

The same delegation will be representing the United Kingdom Parliament at the Assembly of the Western European Union.

Representatives from the Government benches will be:— the hon. Member for Kettering (Sir Geoffrey de Freitas), (who will act as Leader). the hon. Members for— Barons Court (Mr. Ivor Richard), Bilston (Mr. Robert Edwards), Coventry, N. (Mr. Maurice Edelman), Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. William Hannan), Kingston-upon-Hull, W. (Mr. James Johnson), Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Eric Heifer), Shoreditch and Finsbury (Mr. R. W. Brown), South Shields (Mr. Arthur Blenkinsop) and the right hon. the Earl of Listowel.

Representatives from the Conservative Party will be:— the right hon. Members for— Kinross and West Perth (Sir Alec Douglas-Home), Streatham (Mr. Duncan Sandys). the hon. Members for— Cheltenham (Mr. A. D. Dodds-Parker), Honiton (Mr. Robert Mathew), Leicester, S.-E. (Mr. W. J. Peel), Weston-super-Mare (Mr. David Webster) and the right hon. the Earl Jellicoe.

The representative from the Liberal Party will be:— The Lord Gladwyn.

The following substitutes have been appointed to act as necessary on behalf of the delegates:—

From the Government benches:— the hon. Members for— Birmingham, All Saints (Mr. Brian Walden), Birmingham, Yardley (Mr. loan Evans), Dulwich (Mr. S. C. Silkin), Halifax (Dr. Shirley Summerskill), King's Lynn (Mr. Derek Page), Leicester, N.-E. (Mr. Thomas Bradley), Swansea, West (Mr. Alan Williams), Wolverhampton, N.-E. (Mrs. Renée Short), Woolwich West (Mr. William Hamling).

From the Conservative Party:— the hon. Members for— Belfast, South (Mr. Rafton Pounder), Galloway (Mr. John Brewis), Hertford (Lord Balniel), Petersfield (Miss Joan Quennell), Saffron Walden (Mr. Peter Kirk), Stroud (Mr. Anthony Kershaw).

From the Liberal Party:— The Viscount Norwich.