HC Deb 14 October 1952 vol 505 cc25-6
46. Mr. Dodds

asked the Prime Minister what progress has been made during the Parliamentary Recess for a high-level meeting by representatives of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and this country in a new bid for peace.

The Prime Minister

I am not in a position to say that any progress has been made since the answer I gave to the hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Hector Hughes) on 16th June.

Mr. Dodds

In view of the right hon. Gentleman's enthusiasm in 1950 and 1951 for such a meeting, will the Prime Minister state what he himself has done in the meantime to make it a practical proposition, or does he not now think that his enthusiasm was misplaced before the two elections?

The Prime Minister

I should not like to deal with such a complicated issue as that in answer to a supplementary question.