HC Deb 06 March 1957 vol 566 cc333-4
15. Mr. Benn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why he gave instructions to the British delegate at the United Nations to vote against the inclusion of the Algerian question on the agenda of the General Assembly.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

The hon. Member seems to have been misinformed. No such instructions were sent. The Resolution to inscribe the Algerian question on the agenda of the General Assembly was passed without dissension and without a vote.

Mr. Benn

Does not that illustrate the difficulty in which hon. Members find themselves in this matter? May I, at any rate, congratulate the right hon. and learned Gentleman on this occasion, and hope that it leads in the future to further opposition to the French colonial war in Algeria?

Mr. Lloyd

The only comment I wish to make on that is that the hon. Gentleman, before putting down Questions, should inform himself on the facts.