§ 68 and 69. Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) which de facto Governments have been recognised by the British Government since the end of the last World War;
(2) which de facto Governments have been refused recognition by Great Britain since the end of the last war.
§ Mr. MulleyAs I informed the hon. Member for Mid-Bedfordshire (Mr. Hastings) on 21st March,de facto recog 8W nition is in most cases to be implied from dealings with the Government concerned for the purposes of transacting the ordinary business of State.
In order to indicate which régimes have been accorded or denied recognition as Governments, it would be necessary to examine every case in which there had been a change of régime not resulting from normal constitutional processes in any foreign State and, apart from the rare cases in which de facto recognition had been expressly accorded, to consider whether the actions of Her Majesty's Government had constituted de facto recognition or not. In view of the number of changes in régime since 1945 and the varied circumstances and complicated legal issues involved, this would involve unreasonably lengthy and costly research.—[Vol. 761, c. 139.]