§ 1. Mr. John Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make about the possibility of a visit to this country by a Chinese Parliamentary delegation?
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Eden)I am glad to be able to tell the House that the Chinese Government has been approached by His Majesty's Ambassador in Chungking and that it is hoped that a Chinese good will mission will be able to visit the United Kingdom this autumn. I have as yet no information showing what the nature and composition of the mission will be. Naturally no formal invitation can be issued until this information is available and I am thereby enabled to consult those particularly interested in this country. But if, as we all trust, this visit takes place, I am sure that the Chinese mission can count on a reception no less cordial than that accorded to our own recent Parliamentary mission to China.