HC Deb 01 May 1957 vol 569 cc172-3
3. Mr. Philips Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether this country will be represented again at the Council of the Bagdad Pact at Karachi next month.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Selwyn Lloyd)

Yes, Sir.

Mr. Price

May we take it that the Iraq Government have withdrawn all opposition to our presence there?

Mr. Lloyd

I should not like to make a comment of that sort at all. The fact is that the meeting will take place, and I hope to go there myself.

Mr. Price

Is it not a fact that Iraq objected to our presence at previous meetings?

Mr. Lloyd

I cannot accept that at all.