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HOUSE OF LORDS, S.W. 1,
9th December, 1955.
My dear Prime Minister,
As Chairman of the Malta Round Table Conference, the composition and terms of reference of which you announced in the House of Commons on the 28th July, 1955, I now have pleasure in submitting the Report of the Conference.
The Report has been signed by all members of the Conference, except Mr. Maclay and Mr. Pickthorn, who have embodied their reservations in a statement on page 27.
In submitting the Report, I wish to take the opportunity of expressing my thanks to all my colleagues in the Conference for the way in which they have facilitated my task as Chairman.
The Right Hon. Sir Anthony Eden, K.G., M.C., M.P.,
10, Downing Street, S.W. 1.
Yours sincerely,
KILMUIR.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Composition and Terms of Reference
The Prime Minister announced on the 6th July, 1955, that Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom proposed to convene a Round Table Conference, comprising representatives of all the political parties at Westminster, to consider constitutional questions arising from proposals by the Maltese Prime Minister for a closer association between Malta and the United Kingdom. After consulting the Leaders of the two Opposition Parties in Parliament, the Prime Minister announced the composition and terms of reference of the Conference on the 28th July, 1955, as follows :—
Composition
The Right Hon. Viscount Kilmuir, G.C.V.O., the Lord Chancellor
(Chairman).
The Right Hon. C. R. Attlee, O.M., C.H.
The Right Hon. Clement Davies, Q.C.
The Right Hon. Walter Elliot, C.H., M.C.
The Right Hon. J. Chuter Ede, C.H.
The Right Hon. Aneurin Bevan.
The Right Hon. James Griffiths.
The Right Hon. Earl of Listowel.
The Right Hon. John S. Maclay, C.M.G.
The Right Hon. Sir Patrick Spens, K.B.E., Q.C.
Mr. W. T. Aitken.
Mr. Julian Amery.
Mr. R. H. S. Crossman.
Mr. Douglas Houghton.
The Earl of Perth.
Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn.
The Hon. Richard Wood.
Terms of Reference
"To consider constitutional and related questions arising from proposals for closer association between Malta and the United Kingdom and, in particular, from the proposal that Malta should in future be represented in the Parliament at Westminster.
"To consult representatives of the political parties in the Legislative Assembly of Malta, and such other persons as may seem fit to them.
To report their conclusions and recommendations."
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Procedure
2. At the opening meeting held at the Palace of Westminster on Monday, 19th September, 1955, the Conference discussed their rules of procedure. They decided to meet in plenary sessions at Lancaster House to hear
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