HC Deb 06 July 1955 vol 543 cc1133-4
56. Mr. A. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will support the proposals contained in the latest Report to be considered at the next meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in favour of the creation of a Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development.

Mr. Nutting

Her Majesty's Government are studying this Report, and I am not yet in a position to make a statement.

Mr. Henderson

Will the Minister make it clear that the Government are not going to maintain their rigid attitude towards the problem of a Special United Nations Fund, and that they will examine the new proposals with an objective approach and not decide to wait until a disarmament agreement has been reached?

Mr. Nutting

We shall certainly examine the proposals. I am seeing their author, M. Scheyven, in the near future.