Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1964.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
, Kinross and West Perthshire
12:00,
9 June 1964
I have said that this is a matter for the House. I went to Mr. Nehru's funeral, and the right hon. Member the Leader of the Opposition accompanied me. I thought that this was the best way of expressing to the Indian nation as a whole the great sympathy of this Parliament and of the whole country. As the House will understand, it would be extremely difficult, upon the death of a Commonwealth Prime Minister, to attempt to judge whether the event warranted tributes in this House. I would remind the House that, in the case of the death of Mr. Mackenzie King, who was Prime Minister for over 21 years, we followed our usual custom, and no such tribute was moved.
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