Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Egypt – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 February 1954.
Mr Selwyn Lloyd
, Wirral
12:00,
17 February 1954
The answer to the first part of the Question is that the matter is now before the Security Council. The answer to the second part of the question is that Her Majesty's Government's policy is to uphold the principle of freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal.
