HC Deb 13 December 1978 vol 960 cc209-11W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Lord President of the Council on how many occasions during the last parliamentary Session debates took place in the House of Commons on European matters at a time when sessions of the European Assembly, the Council of Europe or the Western European Union were taking place.

Mr. Foot:

Debates on European matters took place on 13 occasions during the 1977–78 Parliamentary Session when the European Assembly was in session. On four occasions during that period, European debates coincided with meetings of the Assembly of the Council of Europe, and on two occasions with meetings of the Assembly of the Western European Union.