HC Deb 10 February 1954 vol 523 c125W
53. Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire if he will propose to the Powers establishing the European Defence Community that all European Governments which have not been declared to be aggressors by the United Nations be invited to join.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

No. The European Defence Community Treaty already provides that any European State may ask to accede to it.