§ Q7. Mr. G. Campbellasked the Prime Minister if he will now appoint a further Minister with responsibility for disarmament.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Park (Mr. Mulley), has assumed this responsibility.
§ Mr. CampbellIs there any difference in the disarmament field between the appointment of Lord Chalfont in 1964 and the new appointment of the Minister 1416 of State, the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Park (Mr. Mulley).
§ The Prime MinisterMy noble Friend, who has worked assiduously on the disarmament problem — [Laughter.] — I should have thought hon. Members who laugh would feel that after last Saturday there are few more important matters in the world. We have now reached a situation where, at Geneva, the prospects of disarmament, despite all the difficulties, have been brought to a new state of hopefulness. A great deal of the credit for this is due to my noble Friend and the Minister of State will carry on from where he left off.