Suez Canal (Clearance)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 January 1957.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Mr Arthur Bottomley Mr Arthur Bottomley , Rochester and Chatham 12:00, 30 January 1957

Whilst joining in the tributes to the men engaged in the salvage service and wishing them all well, may I ask whether the Minister is not aware that, due to the hostility created in the area, the probability is that British salvage ships could not have been used without hostilities bringing them to a stop ultimately and, therefore, his forecast would have been wrong?