HC Deb 13 April 1967 vol 744 cc227-9W
Mr. Derek Page

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 on the 24th of April. 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 Stockton-on-Tees (Mr. William Rodgers) (who will act as Leader). the hon. Members for:

  • Barons Court (Mr. Ivor Richard).
  • Bilston (Mr. Robert Edwards).
  • Coventry, N. (Mr. Maurice Edelman).
  • Kettering (Sir Geoffrey de Freitas).
  • Kingston upon Hull (Mr. James Johnson).
  • Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Eric Heffer).
  • Shoreditch and Finsbury (Mr. Ronald Brown).
  • South Shields (Mr. Arthur Blenkinsop).
  • Wigan (Mr. Alan Fitch).

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).
  • Leicester, S.-E. (Mr. W. J. Peel).
  • Saffron Walden (Mr. Peter Kirk).
  • Stroud (Mr. Anthony Kershaw).
and The Lord St. Helens.

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).
  • Dulwich (Mr. Samuel Silkin).
  • Goole (Mr. George Jeger).
  • King's Lynn (Mr. Derek Page).
  • Leicester, N.-E. (Mr. Thomas Bradley).
  • Paisley (Mr. John Robertson).
  • Swansea, West (Mr. Alan Williams).
  • Wolverhampton, N.-E. (Mrs. Renée Short).
  • Woolwich, West (Mr. William Hamling).
and the right hon. The Earl of Listowel.

From the Conservative Party: the hon. Members for:

  • Belfast, South (Mr. Rafton Pounder).
  • Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Eldon Griffiths).
  • Chelmsford (Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas).
  • Devonport (Dame Joan Vickers).
  • Dorset, West (Mr. Simon Wingfield Digby).
  • Galloway (Mr. John Brewis).

From the Liberal Party:

The Viscount Norwich.

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