§ Mr. Owenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why Her Majesty's Government, as a signatory of the Paris Agreement of October, 1954, has made representations to the German Federal Republic against their entering into negotiations with the German Democratic Republic for a rapprochement between the two German States on measures to ensure peaceful development; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. P. ThomasAs the hon. Member will be aware, neither Her Majesty's Government nor the Government of the Federal German Republic recognise the so-called "German Democratic Republic". No question of governmental negotiations therefore arises; nor have any representations on this subject been made by Her Majesty's Government to the Federal German Government.