§ 44. Mr. Dugdaleasked the Prime Minister whether the speech made by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations about the structure of the Commonwealth at the Young Conservatives Conference represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friend's speech contained no statement of policy.
§ Mr. DugdaleDid the Prime Minister note the statement:
Let us take the broad view that here are countries that basically want the same sort of thing in the world, though they may show marked differences one from another"?Does he think that the Union of South Africa and ourselves basically want the same sort of thing in the world?
§ The Prime MinisterI think that as a general proposition, regarding the Commonwealth as a whole, what my right hon. Friend said was very wise and very true.