HC Deb 27 April 1955 vol 540 c913
10. Mr. A. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom to implement all the provisions of the 1953 Agreement with the Egyptian Government concerning self-government and self-determination for the Sudan.

Mr. H. Macmillan

Yes, Sir.

Mr. Henderson

May I ask the Foreign Secretary whether this reply would continue to operate in the event of the Sudanese establishing an independent sovereign republic?

Mr. Macmillan

The policy of the Government is to adhere to the agreement into which we have entered. Any change in the relevant provisions of the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement on the Sudan would, I think, require a formal approach to the co-domini.

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