HC Deb 18 July 1967 vol 750 cc226-7W
Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present position regarding China's membership of the United Nations, and, in view of China's recent hydrogen-bomb explosion, what new initiatives regarding that membership he proposes to take.

Mr. William Rodgers

In the General Assembly last year the United Kingdom representative voted unsuccessfully in favour of the resolution calling for the seating of the People's Republic of China. We remain convinced that we should continue to work for the seating of China; but some of China's own recent actions have not made this task easier.