HC Deb 28 March 1956 vol 550 c2154
44. Mr. Bellenger

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Soviet security police are to be admitted to this country on the occasion of the visit of Mr. Khrushchev and Marshal Bulganin.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

The Soviet leaders' delegation will include fourteen security guards.

Mr. Bellenger

May I ask the Foreign Secretary whether these officials will be armed, and is it his opinion that in relation to the security of visiting foreign Heads of Government the Metropolitan Police and the C.I.D. are quite sufficient to secure their safety, at any rate in this country?

Mr. Lloyd

It is the normal practice to allow visiting delegations to include such members of their staff as they want, and I think that normal practice is being followed in this case.