Prime Minister written statement – made at on 14 November 2017.
Theresa May
The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party
This written ministerial statement confirms that the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is constituted as follows:
Sir Roger Gale MP (Leader)
Full Representatives | Substitute Members |
Hannah Bardell MP Liam Byrne MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP Earl of Dundee Baroness Eccles of Moulton Nigel Evans MP Mrs Cheryl Gillan MP John Howell MP Susan Elan-Jones MP Sir Edward Leigh MP Kerry McCarthy MP Ian Liddell-Grainger MP Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Prescott Virendra Sharma MP Angela Smith MP Phil Wilson MP | Lord Anderson Lord Balfe Lord Blencathra Alex Chalk MP Christopher Chope MP Colin Clark MP Vernon Coaker MP Stella Creasy MP David T C Davies MP Lord Foulkes Conor McGinn MP Shabana Mahmood MP Mary Robinson MP Lord Russell of Liverpool Tommy Sheppard MP Maggie Throup MP Lord Touhig Martin Whitfield MP |
An international organisation of member states (45 at the time of writing) in the European region; not to be confused with the Council of the European Union, nor the European Council.
Founded on 5 May, 1949 by the Treaty of London, and currently seated in Strasbourg, membership is open to all European states which accept the princple of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizens. In 1950, this body created the European Convention on Human Rights, which laid out the foundation principles and basis on which the European Court of Human Rights stands.
Today, its primary activities include charters on a range of human rights, legal affairs, social cohesion policies, and focused working groups and charters on violence, democracy, and a range of other areas.
