§ 14. Mr. F. M. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many foreign Governments other than the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have officially notified Her Majesty's Government that they are prepared permanently to renounce the manufacture and possession of nuclear armaments if the United Kingdom is now ready to do likewise.
§ Mr. ProfumoNone, Sir.
§ Mr. BennettWould it not appear, then, that the Gaitskell non-nuclear club idea is selling no better abroad than it is among the followers of the party opposite?
§ Mr. ProfumoAs far as I can see, there do not seem to be any takers abroad and, from what I can read in the newspapers, there seem to be precious few in the Labour Party itself.
§ Mr. BevanThe hon. Member is, as usual, very ill-informed. It has, in fact, been adopted by very large numbers of people abroad and subsequently will be adopted by their Governments.
§ Mr. ProfumoI can go only by what I read. If the right hon. Gentleman has more information than I have, I am sure that the House would like to hear it. We all read in the newspapers of what appear to be resolutions put down for the Labour Party Conference, and there do not seem to be many takers among them.