§ 44. Mr. OLDFIELDasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is proposed to ratify the Iraq Treaty?
§ Mr. LUNNIt is proposed to proceed to ratification as soon as possible when the King of Iraq is in a position to do so.
§ Mr. OLDFIELDIn view of the deep anxiety expressed by the Christian and Kurdish minorities in Northern Iraq, in the absence of any mention of safeguards in the Treaty, can my hon. Friend assure us that we shall have a full opportunity of discussing this Treaty in the House before ratification?
§ Mr. LUNNI would like to refer my hon. Friend to an answer given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last Session, in which he said that if there was a general desire for such a discussion this Session, my right hon. Friend would agree.