§ 19. Mr. Donnellyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds he has so far refused to propose that China's seat at the United Nations should be declared temporarily vacant.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydI am advised that under the terms of the Charter and the Rules of Procedure of the United Nations, there is no power to declare the seat of a Member State to be vacant.
§ Mr. S. SilvermanDoes not the right hon. and learned Gentleman consider it quite absurd, and contrary to all common sense, that the 500 million people in China should continue to be misrepresented on the supreme world authority among States by this discredited refugee rump?
§ Mr. LloydThat is not the Question on the Order Paper. So far as declaring the seat vacant is concerned, I have given the answer.