§ 19. Mr. J. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the official pronouncement by his Department of 7th November, 1921, about the status of Mr. Krassin, to the effect that it is not the practice of the Sovereign to receive the representative of States which have not been recognised de jure, is still a correct statement of the practice in its 18W application to any representative of the State of Israel.
§ Mr. BevinThe statement to which the hon. Member refers represented the practice at the time it was made. His Majesty's Government are, however, advised that, although it has not been done in this country up till now, there is no reason under international or constitutional law why His Majesty should not receive as a Minister Plenipotentiary the representative of a State which has been recognisedde facto only.