HC Deb 25 May 1972 vol 837 c450W
59. Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now make a statement on the Government's policy towards Rhodesia in the light of the Pearce Corn-mission Report.

Mr. Kershaw

I have nothing to add to the statement which my right hon. Friend made to the House on the 23rd May.—[Vol. 837, c. 1224–6.]

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will cause an investigation to ascertain how and why the Daily Telegraph was able to publish on the front page of that paper on 19th May full details of the Pearce Commission's Report on Rhodesia before the report was presented to Parliament.

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

As the hon. Member will now have seen from the Pearce Commission's Report, thisDaily Telegraph article was inaccurate in its main forecast. I do not think that an inquiry by me is necessary.