HC Deb 19 December 1960 vol 632 cc101-2W
34. Mr. Mayhew

asked the Lord Privy Seal what proposals he has for increasing British contacts with China.

35. Miss Lee

asked the Lord Privy Seal to invite the leading members of the Peking Government to visit the United Kingdom to discuss means of expanding cultural and economic relations between China and the United Kingdom; and, in view of the danger to world peace arising from the isolation of Communist China, if he will treat this as a matter of urgency.

Mr. Heath

As my hon. Friend told the House on 12th December, the Sino-British Trade Council has recently invited the Vice-Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade to lead a mission to this country. I think this is the right level at which to discuss trade matters and I very much hope he will be able to come.

We are equally anxious to see an expansion of cultural relations with China, and here again I am satisfied that progress can best be made through established organisations.

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