§ 2. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs if he will now propose that African States should establish their own machinery to boycott trade with companies known to be supplying oil and manufactured goods to Rhodesia.
§ Mr. George ThomasI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs to the hon. Member for Hampstead (Mr. Whitaker) on 11th December, 1967.—[Vol. 756, c. 21.]
§ 31. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take in order to make possible United Kingdom trade with Rhodesia; and if he will now seek a settlement on sanctions.
§ Mr. George ThomasI would refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 18th January to his Question and that of the hon. Member for Chigwell (Mr. Biggs-Davison).—[Vol. 756, c. 1950.]
§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs if he will state the value of the gold reserves held by Rhodesia at the latest convenient date and at the time of the unilateral declaration of independence.
§ Mr. George ThomsonThe latest available figures for Rhodesian gold reserves are those published in Salisbury on 3rd December, 1965. They were then stated to be worth £3,680,152.
At the time of the illegal declaration of independence Rhodesia's gold reserves were worth £3,502,091.