§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give instructions to the United Kingdom representative on the Committee of Ministers to vote in favour of the request made by the Assembly, Opinion No. 52, that there should be a sum of money allocated for new buildings for the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
§ Mr. LuardHer Majesty's Government agree with the other members of the Council of Europe that the present accommodation of the council is not satisfactory. At the meeting of the Committee of Ministers at Parish on 12th 247W December, the French Government announced the terms of a loan which they were prepared to give to the Council of Europe for its building programme. The Ministers' Deputies are discussing at their current meeting how a building scheme might be carried out and financed.