Again, after discussion with Sir Paul Bryan, the Commissioner has recommended that in the current financial year we should aim to sponsor a further round of visits by an equal number of Conservative and Labour MPs. He has proposed that we should work towards visits during the following Parliamentary recesses for -
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two Conservatives during the summer, 1982
two Labour at Christmas, 1982
(b)
(c)
two Conservatives at Easter, 1983
(a).
two Labour at Whitsun, 1983
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On the Conservative side, Sir Paul Bryan and
the Commissioner recommend that invitations should be extended to the following (in approximate order of priority)
(a)
Rt. Hon. Mark Carlisle (Member for Runcorn, ex-Secretary of State for Education)
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(b)
Mr Ian Gow (Member for Eastbourne, Parliamentary Private Secretary- to the Prime Minister)
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(c)
(a)
put forward
Mr John Cope (Member for South Gloucestershire, Assistant Whip)
Mr Peter Bottomley (Member for Woolwich West, Secretary for the Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee).
On the Labour side, the following names have been
(a)
Mr Jack Dormand, (Member for Easington, Whip and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party)
(b)
Rt. Hon. Albert Booth (Member for Barrow in Furness, ex-Secretary of State for Employment)
(c)
(a)
Dr. John Cunningham (Member for Whitehaven, ex-Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. James Callaghan)
Mr James Callaghan (the younger) (Member for Middleton and Prestwich).
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