HL Deb 05 June 1972 vol 331 c15
THE MINISTER OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE: (BARONESS TWEEDSMUIR OF BELHELVIE)

My Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to make provision in connection with Ceylon becoming a republic within the Commonwealth under the name of Sri Lanka, and to move that the Bill be now read a first time.

Moved, That the Bill be now read la.—(Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie.)