§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what is his policy on keeping the Council of Europe in the co-ordination system of staffing arrangements alongside organisations which go far beyond the European framework;
(2) what is his policy on the introduction of a legal system unifying the staff regulations for all European civil servants, in particular those of the Council of Europe and the European Community.
§ Mr. EggarWe agree with the views expressed by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in the reply it gave in September last year to Parliamentary Assembly recommendation 1,000 on a European Civil Service. Copies of the recommendation and the Committee of Ministers' reply are being placed in the Library of the House.