HC Deb 16 November 1973 vol 864 c275W
Mr. Woodhouse

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures he has in view to protect the passage of British ships bound for the Israeli port of Eilat through the international waterway of the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb.

Lord Balniel

As my right hon. Friend told the House on 31st October, we are in touch with the parties about the resolution of the Bab-el-Mandeb question and other questions related to the implementation of the ceasefire.—[Vol. 863, c. 183.]