HC Deb 22 March 1978 vol 946 cc600-1W
30. Mr. Crouch

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to press in future for meetings of the Council of Ministers to be held partly in public sessions.

Mr. Judd

The Government's view that some Council debates should be held in public was stated in my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's letter to Mr. Hayward of 30th September. We shall continue to seek to persuade other Governments to our view, but any decision has to be taken by the Council as a whole.

32. Mr. Giles Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to visit Luxembourg for any official European Economic Community meeting.

Mr. Tomlinson

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave earlier today to the Questions from my hon. Friends the Members for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) and Nelson and Coyne (Mr. Hoyle) and the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Gardiner).

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