HC Deb 24 October 1956 vol 558 cc617-8
10. Mr. A. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the present situation on the border of Israel and Jordan.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

I should prefer to make no statement on the situation until the Security Council has completed its present consideration of the matter.

Mr. Henderson

In view of the recent statement by the Commander-in-Chief of the Jordan Army that British forces were on call at an hour's notice, would he give an assurance that this country will not be involved in any military action under the Anglo-Jordan Treaty unless a clear case of major aggression has been established, based upon a report of the United Nations Observation Commission at present stationed in that area?

Mr. Lloyd

The provisions of the Anglo-Jordan Treaty would certainly not come into effect unless there had been a clear case of aggression.