§ 66. Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the failure to achieve a settlement of the constitution of Singapore will now leave a vacuum which can be filled only 63W by a mutual settlement or Communism; and, as the gap between the two sides in the final proposals is small enough to make success a possibility, whether he will now offer to renew the talks with the representatives of Singapore who have indicated their preparedness to meet him at any time for this purpose.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am aware of the importance of reaching agreement and, as I informed the House on the 18th May, Her Majesty's Government are willing to renew discussions with the present or any other Government of Singapore on the basis of the proposals put before the Singapore delegation at the recent Conference.