§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council what action he has taken or intends taking to see that the verbatim record of the proceedings of the European Assembly is made available to hon. Members in English, within a few days of the proceedings.
§ Mr. PriorThe production of the verbatim record of proceedings in English is the responsibility of the European Parliament. I can, however, assure the hon. Member that the annex to the Official Journal, in which the English version is published, will be made available to hon. Members as quickly as possible after publication.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed statement giving, without revealing identities, the claims for expenses, or 408W moneys due or paid to each of the delegates to the recent European Assembly; and what were the total costs involved including travel and costs for civil servants who accompanied this delegation.
§ Mr. PriorWith regard to the expenses of Members attending the European Parliament, I would refer the hon. Member to the written reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 8th February. Certain civil servants were present at Strasbourg on that occasion but did not accompany the delegation.—[Vol. 850, c.171.]