§ Q8. Mr. A. Robertsasked the Prime Minister if he will consider inviting the Prime Minister of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mr. Khrushchev, to visit the United Kingdom, or, alternatively, if he will propose to Mr. Khrushchev that they should meet in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ The Prime MinisterA meeting with Mr. Khrushchev is always an interesting experience. But for a meeting to be valuable the time must be opportune.
§ Mr. RobertsDoes the right hon. Gentleman appreciate that the Geneva Conference on the banning of nuclear tests is almost, if not quite, dead? May I ask, without being facetious, whether it is not time that the Government did some rethinking about their foreign policy? Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the whole House would agree to his going to the Soviet Union or to Mr. Khrushchev's coming here if it would do something to allay apprehension in this country?
§ The Prime MinisterI am fully in sympathy with what the hon. Gentleman has in mind, and I intend to see whether some progress can be made. I hope to make a statement on the nuclear tests conference shortly.