The House met at half-past Two o'clock

[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

• Manchester Corporation Bill

  Adjourned Debate on Question [29th April], That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill to leave out Clause 48 of the Bill, to be resumed Tomorrow.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent visits to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will discuss with the Governments of European countries the extension of passport free travel and the removal of other obstacles to...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further steps he will now take to increase functional co-operation with European countries.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will seek to arrange for the first permanent United Nations base to be located at the British sovereign base at Dhekelia, in Cyprus.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the Commission of the European Economic Community in connection with the proposed European Patents Convention...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress made by Her Majesty's Government towards an international agreement on the non-dissemination of...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the credentials of the new West German ambassador were accepted, in view of his previous political and diplomatic history.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will seek to make arrangements with countries in Western Europe whereby the civil authorities in those countries will be responsible...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is now the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding diplomatic recognition of the State of East Germany.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information he has about the proposed new compensation terms for people persecuted by the Nazis on grounds of nationality, in comparison with...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement about the disappearance of a Foreign Office official from a Baltic Island in March.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations have been made to him by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament about the war in Vietnam; and what reply he has sent.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to economise on the expenses of embassies and legations overseas to help curtail Government spending overseas.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations he has made to the President of Egypt regarding the situation in the Yemen as it affects British interests; and whether he...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made towards securing an international agreement to establish a nuclear-free zone in Central Europe.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what Departmental arrangements he has made to ensure the continuous and progressive examination of the possibilities of closer relations with the...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals he has made to the Soviet Government for disengagement in Europe; and if he will now announce the Government's detailed plans, and...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the recent discussions on the disarmament problem.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now consider making an official visit to China, in view of the situation in South-East Asia.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what negotiations have been conducted in respect of a proposed new Anglo-American alliance in South-East Asia.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made by Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker in his mission to South-East Asia.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what approaches he has made to Indonesia for the discussion of outstanding questions of mutual concern; and whether he will make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will propose to the Governments of the United States of America and France a reaffirmation of the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 or a...

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement concerning the safety of British subjects in the Dominican Republic.

Order for Second Reading read.

Ordered,That the Proceedings on the Criminal Evidence Bill may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed.—[Sir F. Soskice.]

Not amended (in Standing Committee), considered.

Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed, without Amendment.

Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Diplomatic Privileges (Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies) (Amendment) Order 1965, a draft of which was laid before this House on 2nd April,...

Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn:—[Mr. Fitch.]