SOUTH AFRICA (ARMS BAN)

HC Deb 18 December 1967 vol 756 cc283-4W

Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now propose at the United Nations that the ban on arms for South Africa be made mandatory on all member nations.

Mr. George Brown:

No.

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that the Government will not resume arms sales to South Africa.

Mr. George Brown:

I have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Ipswich (Sir Dingle Foot) on 14th December.—[Vol. 756, c. 628]