HC Deb 26 April 1968 vol 763 cc90-2W
Dr. Ernest A. Davies

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom Parliamentary 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 6th of 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, seven members of the Conservative Party and one 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 right hon. Member for Kettering (Sir Geoffrey de Freitas). The hon. Members for:

  • Bilston (Mr. Robert Edwards)
  • Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Donald Chapman)
  • Coventry, N. (Mr. Maurice Edelman)
  • Dulwich (Mr. S. C. Silkin)
  • Kingston-upon-Hull (Mr. James Johnson)
  • South Shields (Mr. Arthur Blenkinsop)
  • Wigan (Mr. Alan Fitch)
and the right hon. The Earl of Listowel.

Representatives from the Conservative Party will be: The right hon. Members for:

  • Kinross and West Perthshire (Sir Alec Douglas-Home)
  • Streatham (Mr. Duncan Sandys).
The hon. Members for:
  • Dorset, W. (Mr. Simon Wingfield Digby)
  • Leicester, S.E. (Mr. W. J. Peel)
  • Plymouth, Devonport (Dame Joan Vickers)
  • Saffron Walden (Mr. Peter Kirk)
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:

  • Buckingham (Mr. Robert Maxwell)
  • Glasgow, Kelvingrove (Dr. M. S. Miller)
  • Glasgow, Shettleston (Sir Myer Galpern)
  • Halifax (Dr. Shirley Summerskill)
  • Hornchurch (Mr. A. L. Williams)
  • Leicester, N.E (Mr. T. G. Bradley)
  • Manchester, Blackley (Mr. Paul B. Rose)
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  • Neath (Mr. Donald Coleman)
  • Newcastle, E. (Mr. Geoffrey Rhodes)
  • Paisley (Mr. John Robertson).
From the Conservative Party: The hon. Members for:
  • Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Eldon Griffiths)
  • Chelmsford (Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas)
  • Chelsea (Mr. Marcus Worsley)
  • Cheltenham (Mr. Douglas Dodds-Parker)
  • Fermanagh and S. Tyrone (The Marquess of Hamilton)
  • Galloway (Mr. John Brewis)
  • Portsmouth, Langstone (Mr. Ian Lloyd).
 From the Liberal Party: The Viscount Norwich.