§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those occasions on which a Minister at the Scottish Office has attended a meeting of the Council of Ministers either as a full member or as an observer.
§ Mr. William RossI have been asked to reply.
315WUnder the present administration my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister of State attended the meetings of the Council of Ministers (Agriculture) on 20th-21st January and 10th-13th February 1975, and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for agriculture and housing attended meetings on 15th April and 28th-29th April 1975. The hon. Gentleman the Member for North Angus and Mearns (Mr. Buchanan-Smith) attended the meeting on 22nd-23rd January 1973 as a member of the previous administration.