HC Deb 02 July 1975 vol 894 cc437-8W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who will represent the United Kingdom at the United Nations Conference on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders in Toronto in September 1975; and what documents or proposals will be presented to the conference by the United Kingdom.

Mr. Rowlands

The United Kingdom will be represented by a delegation led by Sir Arthur Peterson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office. The delegation will consist of senior officials drawn from a number of Departments on the basis of their expert knowledge of the questions on the Congress agenda and will also include judges of the High Courts of England and Wales and of Scotland.

The proposals which the delegation will make or support will be determined in the light of the Congress working papers, which have not yet been received from the United Nations Secretariat. The dele- gation expects to play a full part in the proceedings of the Congress.

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