HC Deb 25 October 1960 vol 627 c263W
80. Mr. Parker

asked the Lord Privy Seal why instructions were not given to the British delegate at the recent Assembly of the United Nations to vote for the admission of the Peking Government as a member.

Mr. Heath

The United Kingdom delegate voted first in the General Committee for continuation of the moratorium on discussion of Chinese representation, and secondly, in the General Assembly, for the adoption of the General Committee's recommendation. The question whether or not the Government of the People's Republic of China should be admitted to the United Nations was not the subject of the debate

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