HC Deb 08 May 1967 vol 746 c158W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the basic conditions which Her Majesty's Government require to have satisfied before they afford official recognition to a Government of another country.

Mr. William Rodgers

Her Majesty's Government require to be satisfied before they accord recognition, that the Government enjoys, with a reasonable prospect of permanence, the obedience of the mass of the population and the effective control of the greater part of the territory of the State concerned.