FROM:
Reference
Sarah Foulds
International & Commonwealth
Section
Research Department
IDATE:
28 July 1988
Mr Holdich, RD
Mr Howlett, RD
Ms Willan, Mr Walker,
Ms Cannon, RD ius Kazer,
RD
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COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTS
1.
CCD have been asked to provide a list for Rt Hon Michael Jopling, MP on the length of Parliamentary Sittings in each Commonwealth country, in time for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Conference in September.
2.
CCD would like to respond as helpfully as possible to this request, not least because Mr Jopling is due to become Westminster's Regional Representative on the Central Committee of the CPA, and have asked for our assistance with the following list of countries and territories:-
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
The Gambia
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Jamaica
Kiribati
Nauru
Papua New Guinea
St Christopher and Nevis
St Vincent and the Grenadines Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Swaziland
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Western Samoa Zimbabwe
3. I would be grateful if you could check whether you have any information for the countries mentioned in your areas on how many days a year each Parliament sit. It would be helpful if replies (including nil returns) could reach me by 5 August and I will then coordinate a response to CCD.
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SARABD/2 (FMCG)
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Sarah Foulds
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