§ Mr. Ernest Thorntonasked the Prime Minister if he will announce the composition of the United Kingdom delegation to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe.
§ The Prime MinisterYes. The Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe will be meeting in Strasbourg on 12th 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. and learned Member for Dulwich (Mr. S. C. Silkin), 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), Glasgow, Shettleston (Sir Myer Galpern), Halifax (Dr. Shirley Summerskill), Horn-church (Mr. A. L. Williams), Newcastle, E. (Mr. Geoffrey Rhodes), Wigan (Mr. Alan Fitch).and the right hon. The Earl of Listowel.Representatives from the Conservative Party will be:
The right hon. Members for
Northumberland, Hexham (Mr. Geoffrey Rippon), Streatham (Mr. Duncan Sandys).The hon. Members for
101WDorset, 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
Caithness and Sutherland (Mr. Robert Maclennan), Coventry, N. (Mr. Maurice Edelman), Holborn and St. Pancras, S. (Mrs. Lena Jeger), Kingston-upon-Hull (Mr. James Johnson), Lancashire, Middleton and Prestwich (Mr. Denis W. Coe), Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Eric Heffer), Luton (Mr. Will Howie), Manchester, Blackley (Mr. Paul B. Rose), Neath (Mr. D. Coleman), South Shields (Mr. A. Blenkinsop).From the Conservative Party:
The hon. Members for
Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Eldon Griffiths), Chelmsford (Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas), Chelsea (Mr. Marcus Worsley), Fermanagh and S. Tyrone (The
Men Women Date Average weekly earnings Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Average hourly earnings £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. S. d. October, 1967 … 21 7 6 9 3.0 10 11 2 5 6.3 April, 1968 … … 22 5 3 9 7.6 10 18 10 5 8.4 October, 1968* … 22 19 11 9 10.9 11 5 11 5 10.8 * The latest date for which figures are available.