§ Sir F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will undertake to ascertain whether any ceding of sovereignty over British Honduras to Guatemala is acceptable to the people of the colony as a whole, before taking any steps to that end.
§ Mr. George ThomasI have been asked to reply.
As the House is already aware, the proceedings of the United States mediator (Mr. Webster) are confidential and he has not yet presented his final proposals.
I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Stonehouse) to the hon. Member for Surbiton (Mr. Fisher) on 11th August, 1966 (Vol. 733, c. 1854–55) and to the statement made by him on 12th August, 1966 (Vol. 733, c. 2057).