§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Lord Privy Seal what are the borders of the State of Israel which the United Kingdom recognises de jure; and whether they involve those negotiated in the armistice agreements between February and April 1949, and de facto in existence on 11 May 1949 when Israel entered the United Nations, or those of the United Nations Commission on Palestine plan approved by the United Nations on 29 November 1947, prior to the termination of the mandate.
§ Mr. HurdI refer my hon. Friend to the statement by the Minister of State, Mr. Kenneth Younger, in the House on 27 April 1950. The British Government's position on the de jure boundaries of Israel and the status of Jerusalem remains as set out therein: both remain to be defined in the context of negotiations for a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israel dispute.—[Vol. 474, c. 1137–39.]