§ Q15. Mr. Dribergasked the Prime Minister if, in order to make more plausible Her Majesty's Government's recent appeal for peace in Vietnam, and to give it some chance of success, he will now publicly dissociate Her Majesty's Government from the American practice 69W of bombing people's homes and killing civilians, and from the use of such horrific and indiscriminate weapons as napalm.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer my hon. Friend to the Statement made, and Answers to Questions given, by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary in this House on 18th January.—[Vol. 739, c. 425.]
§ Q16. Mr. Dribergasked the Prime Minister what information Her Majesty's Government have received from the United States administration, and from other sources available to him, on the loss of civilian lives and damage to nonmilitary property in Vietnam caused by indiscriminate or inaccurate bombing by the United States Air Force.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer I gave on 19th January to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham. West (Mr. Dickens).—[Vol. 739, c.126.]
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Prime Minister if, in his discussions with Premier Kosygin, he will seek an initiative by the Chairmen of the Geneva Conference to bring about a peaceful solution to the war in Vietnam.
§ The Prime MinisterDuring my discussions with Premier Kosygin I shall naturally explore every way forward towards peace in Vietnam.