Changing the status of the Working Party on relations with national Parliaments
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 21st September 1961 (9th Sitting) (see Doc. 1314, Report of the Committee on Rules of Procedure). Text adopted by the Assembly on 21st September 1961 (9th Sitting).
The Assembly,
Whereas in Resolution 104 of 25th October 1956, it was decided to set up a permanent Working Party to ensure close links between the Consultative Assembly and national Parliaments;
Conscious of the important task fulfilled by the Working Party since its creation, not only as a link between the Council of Europe and national Parliaments, but also as a stimulus to European activities with the Parliaments;
Noting that the activities of the Working Party have so developed that they are now comparable in kind to those of a general committee of the Assembly;
Desirous of granting the Working Party all the advantages and privileges enjoyed by a permanent Committee of the Assembly, including the right to be represented on the Standing Committee,
Resolves :
1 The name of the Working Party shall henceforth be "Permanent Working Party on relations with national Parliaments";
2 The Chairman of the Working Party, like the Chairmen of the general committees, shall be an ex officio member of the Standing Committee; to that end the first sentence of paragraph 2 of Rule 39 of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly shall be amended to read : "The Standing Committee shall consist of the President, the seven Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of the general committees, the Chairman of the Permanent Working Party on relations with national Parliaments, who shall be members ex officio, and of a number of members to be decided by the Assembly".
