HC Deb 18 February 1958 vol 582 c1025
24. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now make a statement on the proposals of Her Majesty's Government for ending the Cyprus deadlock.

25. Mr. Donnelly

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement of the Government's policy towards Cyprus.

28. Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement on the future of Cyprus.

34. Mrs. L. Jeger

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what constitutional proposals he is making for Cyprus.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I have nothing to add to previous Answers I have given to similar Questions, but my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary is making a statement on his visits to Ankara and Athens at the end of Questions today.

Mrs. Jeger

Is it not time that the Colonial Secretary had something to add to his previous Answers? Is he not aware that there is a distinct responsibility upon him, as distinct from that carried by his right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary, and that the House must expect to hear something from him very soon?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

My right hon. and learned Friend and I share responsibility and both hold the same view.

Mr. Robinson

Does not the right hon. Gentleman appreciate into what an impossible situation he is putting Sir Hugh Foot? If the deadlock continues much longer, will it not be time for the right hon. Gentleman to consider his own position in the Government?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I venture to think that I am more often and closely in touch with the Governor than is the hon. Member, and that is certainly not his view.

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