§ LORD SEMPILL had given notice to call attention to the urgent need for a more closely integrated political and economic policy for the whole of South-East Asia, to ask His Majesty's Government what approaches have been or are being made in this connection to other Governments concerned; and to move for Papers. The noble Lord said: My Lords, the Motion standing in my name on South-East Asia has already been postponed on two occasions, due to circumstances that could not be avoided, and to-day additional measures have had to be considered. A considerable amount of interest has been shown in this Motion: the noble Earls Lord Wavell and Lord Gowrie have taken considerable interest in it, and also the noble Viscount, Lord Bruce, and the noble Lord, Lord Killearn, all of whom are, as your Lordships know, men with a unique experience of that part of the world. But these noble Lords were unable to attend your Lordships' House to-day, or, if they did attend, were unable to remain. Also, my noble friend Lord Henderson, who was to reply for the Government, has told me that for reasons of high policy he would be unable to deal with the questions I have put to him except very generally. Therefore I have put down the Motion
624§ for October 25, on my return from that part of the world.