HC Deb 24 July 1969 vol 787 c468W
Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the action he has taken concerning the decision of the British Council to put its facilities at the disposal of the Cambridge University Dryden Society during its forthcoming programme of performances before segregated audiences in the Republic of South Africa.

Mr. Foley

There was no question of the British Council putting its facilities at the disposal of the Dryden Society during its tour of South Africa. But if while in South Africa members of this amateur dramatic society should turn to the cultural attaché there for advice they would be given it in the same way as advice would be given to any other British visitor approaching the Embassy.

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