HC Deb 20 May 1946 vol 423 cc22-3W
117. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will make it conditional on the withdrawal of our forces from Egypt that Britain shall have control of 3o miles each side of the Suez Canal in perpetuity.

Mr. McNeil

My right hon. Friend considers that nothing on this subject can usefully be added at present to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 7th May. 1946.