§ Q8. Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Prime Minister, in view of the facts that many British lives have been saved by the action of mercenaries serving in the Congo, and that other British persons now in the Congo can only be saved from death or ill-treatment by the mercenaries, why he authorised the British representative at the United Nations to vote for the removal of the mercenaries; and what alternative proposals he has to safeguard British nationals.
§ The Prime MinisterIn answer to the first part of his Question I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Chigwell (Mr. Biggs-Davison) on 19th January: and to the second part to my hon. Friend the Minister of State's reply to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Bournemouth, West (Sir J. Eden) on 26th January.