§ 54. Mr. Henigasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communications the United Kingdom has had with the Jordan Government since 1949 on the question of free access for persons of all religious faiths to the holy places in the old city of Jerusalem.
§ Mr. William RodgersIn 1949 when the General Assembly adopted the Resolutions on the Internationalisation of Jerusalem, which provided for free access to the holy places for persons of all religious faiths, Her Majesty's Government urged the Jordanian Government to agree. I am not, however, aware of any subsequent formal communications with the Jordanian Government on this subject although we have made clear on many occasions our view that it is unwise to discriminate between British subjects on grounds of religion.