HC Deb 18 March 1946 vol 420 c276W
22. Mr. Pritt

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make any further statement on the matter of the requirementof the British Council that all persons employed by it in Spain should be of one particular religion.

Mr. McNeil

His Majesty's Ambassador at Madrid is being instructed to notify the Spanish Government that His Majesty's Government feel obliged to withdraw from the agreement referred to by my hon. Friend and to express the hope that this action will not involve any interference with the work of the British Council in Spain.