§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will make a statement on his visit to Burma; and what representations he made to the Burmese Government on British-Burmese relations.
§ Mr. Prentice:I visited Burma from 4th to 12th December in order to lead the British delegation to the 18th meeting of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee, which took place in Rangoon. Together with a number of other delegates to this meeting, I also paid a visit to the Shan State as the guest of the Government of the Union of Burma.
At the Conference we naturally had a wide ranging discussion of all matters of concern to the Colombo Plan. Whilst I met the Burmese Head of State and other Ministers. I made no representations to them on British-Burmese relations.