HC Deb 22 January 1968 vol 757 cc16-7W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will attend the next meeting of the Council of Europe.

Mr. George Brown

No. My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary will, as leader of the British Parliamentary Delegation, attend the meeting this month of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. My right hon. Friends the Minister of Technology and the Attorney General have accepted invitations to address the Assembly.

The next meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will not be held until May. It has not yet been decided who will represent Her Majesty's Government.