§ 25. Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Rhodesia.
§ Mr. CroslandI would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Shoreham (Mr. Luce) earlier today.
§ 26. Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of arrangements for the Geneva Conference on Rhodesia.
§ Mr. RowlandsMy right hon. Friend announced in his statement to the House on Wednesday 12th October that invitations had been extended to Mr. Mugabe, Bishop Muzorewa, Mr. Nkomo and Mr. Smith. As a result of further consultations, my right hon. Friend has now extended an invitation to Rev. Sithole, and has asked him to nominate additional delegates.
Delegations will convene in Geneva from tomorrow, 21st October, and the formal opening will be on Thursday 28th October.
§ 27. Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what repersentations were made by the Minister of State to the Smith regime during his visit to Rhodesia and his discussions with the Smith regime on the trial and sentence of Donal Lamont, Bishop of Umtali.
§ Mr. RowlandsI took the opportunity offered by my recent visit to Southern Africa to raise the matter of the trial and sentence of Bishop Lamont with the478W Rhodesian authorities and to convey to them the feelings of deep concern that exist in Britain about the Bishop's sentence.
§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements he is making for representatives of the moderate Africans who do not support the guerrillas to be present at the Geneva Conference.
§ Mr. RowlandsAfter extensive consultations my right hon. Friend has invited to the conference in Geneva those whom he believes to be the genuine representatives of a wide spectrum of African opinion.