Creation of Parliamentary and Scientific Committees

Order 165 (1960)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

14th Sitting

The Assembly,

Aware of the growing political importance of scientific activities;

Convinced of the need for European co-operation in the field of science;

Considering that such co-operation would be facilitated by a greater knowledge of the problems of scientific research on the part of parliamentarians;

Having noted with interest the activities and results achieved by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee set up by the British Parliament;

Considering that it would be useful for all the European Parliaments to have permanent links with scientific circles so as to enable their members to be properly informed on present-day scientific questions,

1. Instructs its Cultural Committee to organise, in close collaboration with the OEEC, a technical meeting enabling Representatives desirous of creating liaison machinery between Parliamentarians and scientists to be informed of the experience gained in this field by the United Kingdom;

2. Instructs its Working Party on relations with national Parliaments to bring this initiative to the knowledge of the national Parliaments.