Field-Marshal Smuts Statue (Unveiling Ceremony)

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 July 1956.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Greenwood Mr Anthony Greenwood , Rossendale 12:00, 17 July 1956

asked the Minister of Works what arrangements he is making for the unveiling of the memorial to the late Field-Marshal Smuts.

Photo of Mr Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Mr Patrick Buchan-Hepburn , Beckenham

It is proposed that a statue to Field-Marshal Smuts, which is to be placed in Parliament Square, should be unveiled by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Woodford (Sir W. Churchill) on 7th November, 1956.

In addition to Members of both Houses of Parliament, guests to be invited to the unveiling ceremony will include Cabinet colleagues of the Field-Marshal, representatives of the Commonwealth, representatives of bodies with which the Field-Marshal was associated, such as Cambridge University, representatives of the Services, etc.

Photo of Mr Anthony Greenwood Mr Anthony Greenwood , Rossendale

Is the Minister aware that the House will welcome the unveiling of this monument to a man who was a great friend of this country and a great enemy of racial discrimination?