HC Deb 22 January 1971 vol 809 cc349-50W
Mr. Molloy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the Government accept Recommendation No. 615 on the Declaration of Principles on Local Autonomy which was adopted by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe on 25th September, 1970; and whether they will instruct their representative in the Committee of Ministers to vote in favour of the proposal in paragraph 6 of the recommendation.

Mr. Graham Page

Recommendation No. 615 is now before the Committee of Ministers' Deputies, who have not yet completed their consideration of it. The Declaration of Principles as expressed in paragraph 6 of the Recommendation is very widely drafted, and it is desirable that it should be elucidated by discussion in the Committee.