§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister for the Civil Service what exchange programmes exist between younger members of the Civil Service and their counterparts in member countries of the European Economic Community; and to what extent Her Majesty's Government are encouraging such programmes.
§ Mrs. HartThere is a regular annual programme of study visits, between our younger civil servants and their counterparts in member countries of the European Economic Community, sponsored by the Public Administration Committee of the Western European Union.
Other study visits to member countries of the European Economic Community or to the headquarters of the Commission of the E.E.C. are made by civil servants attending courses at the Centre for Administrative Studies.
Civil servants from countries of the European Economic Community are received