– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 June 1964.
Mr Philip Noel-Baker
, Derby South
12:00,
15 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what contribution Her Majesty's Government have made in 1964 to the Inter-governmental Committee for European Migration to help the Committee to carry out its programme for the movement of refugees from European countries for resettlement overseas.
Mr Robert Mathew
, Honiton
Her Majesty's Government have paid their subscription for 1964 to the Inter-governmental Committee for European Migration. This amounted to £68,607.
Mr Philip Noel-Baker
, Derby South
I understand that £68,000 represents 9 per cent. of the administrative budget of the I.C.E.M., but the Committee also has an operational budget to which last year we contributed £20,000 for the movement of refugees. The programme this year is 33,000 to be moved out of Europe, and if we make no contribution this year the work will be gravely imperilled.
Mr Robert Mathew
, Honiton
We do not normally contribute to the operational budget, but, as the right hon. Gentleman said, we made a contribution of £20,000 in the exceptional circumstances of 1963. The suggestion he made will certainly be considered.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
