§ 53. Mr. Wyattasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why our representative at the recent international conference on the Geneva Conventions was instructed to vote against the Russian proposal to declare the concentrated bombing of civilian centres a war crime.
§ Mr. MayhewI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Emrys Hughes) on 6th July.
§ Mr. WyattCan my hon. Friend say, however, what attitude our representative will adopt when this proposal does come forward?
§ Mr. MayhewI do not think any proposal of this nature will come forward. This conference is not generally concerned with war crimes at all.