§ 74. Mr. John Hyndasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the present position of British-Netherlands relations; and what steps are being taken to reassure the Netherlands Government concerning those matters on which they have recently expressed concern to Her Majesty's Government regarding British policy.
§ Mr. LuardThe general state of British-Netherlands relations remains, as always, one of close friendship and of frank and continuous consultation in pursuit of common objectives. We do not always agree on everything, but our differences have generally speaking been on commercial or technical, not political matters. On major issues of policy we are in close agreement, and we shall certainly do all we can to maintain this. 185W My right hon. friend is looking forward to conversations with the Netherlands Foreign Minister when he visits London on 20th November.