HC Deb 25 February 1958 vol 583 cc32-3W
Mr. Bean

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement about the reforms recommended by the political residents in the Persian Gulf States, and the progress made in the last five years towards the realisation there of improvements in the constitutional, political, social and economic fields.

Mr. Ian Harvey

No. It would not be in the public interest for me to reveal confidential communications made by Her Majesty's representatives to the Rulers of the Persian Gulf States. Nor, in view of their complete independence in internal matters, would it be proper for me to comment here on the considerable advances which have been made in those Slates during recent years.