Conference of Speakers and Presidents of European Parliamentary Assemblies

A Parliamentary delegation led by the Deputy Speaker, the Hon Michael Bonnici, and including the Hon Helen D'Amato, Assistant Opposition Whip, will be leaving for Stockholm on Thursday, 11th June 1998, to attend the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of European Parliamentary Assemblies.

The Conference, which will be held between the 11th and 14th June, will debate the topic "Challenges for National Parliaments in an enlarging democratic Europe". The discussion will be opened by Dr Heinz Fischer, Speaker of the Nationalrat of Austria.

Key-note speakers include Mr Federico Trillo Figueroa, President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain, and Mr Gennadi N. Seleznev, President of the State Duma of Russia.