Mr Arthur Henderson: Can my hon. Friend say why this situation is being allowed to drift into a state of near-war if not actual war? In view of these acts of aggression, why is not the matter taken before the Security Council of the United Nations with a view to action being taken to secure a peaceful settlement? Meanwhile, would it not be possible to send a force of United Nations observers, who could report on...
Mr Arthur Henderson: In view of the supplementary question put by the Leader of the Opposition, would the Prime Minister make it clear to the House that the terms of the material resolution finally passed by the Security Council called upon all members of the United Nations forthwith to cease the sale and shipment of all arms, and that the resolution was passed after our permanent representative had made the...
Mr Arthur Henderson: addressing himself to the Clerk of the House (who, standing up, pointed to him and then sat down) said: I beg to move, That the right hon. and learned Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. I hope that, in speaking to this Motion, I may be allowed one personal reference. I was first elected to this House in 1923, and I am proud to be able to say...
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Prime Minister whether he has now received a reply from Mr. Ian Smith following his invitation to Mr. Smith to come to London for discussions on the constitutional problems affecting Southern Rhodesia.
Mr Arthur Henderson: Is the Prime Minister satisfied that the Commonwealth will not be faced with a unilateral declaration of independence by the Southern Rhodesian Government during the Parliamentary Recess?
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations have been received from the Soviet Government with regard to the proposed multilateral nuclear force; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Arthur Henderson: In view of the statement by the Minister without Portfolio in another place last week that the establishment of multilateral nuclear force would make national nuclear forces both unnecessary and unacceptable, may we take it that it is now the policy of Her Majesty's Government that if a multilateral force were established they would hand over all our national nuclear forces to that...
Mr Arthur Henderson: Are we to take it from the Foreign Secretary's reply that he repudiates the statement by the Minister without Portfolio when he said that national nuclear forces would be unwanted and unnecessary if a multilateral force were established?
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the progress achieved at the Geneva Disarmament Conference.
Mr Arthur Henderson: How long does the hon. Gentleman expect the discussions to go on? They have been going on for about 12 years. Is there any possibility of narrowing the discussions on general disarmament with a view to securing a next-step agreement covering more limited objectives, such as the non-dissemination of nuclear weapons, the bonfire of bombers to which President Johnson attaches so much...
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the announcement in the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' communiqué in support of an agreement prohibiting the further dissemination of nuclear weapons, he will propose to President Johnson and Mr. Khrushchev a next step agreement covering the above proposal.
Mr Arthur Henderson: Is not the main obstacle to a non-dissemination agreement the opposition of the Soviet Union to a multilateral nuclear force? Can we be assured that the proposal for a multilateral force will not be allowed by the Government to prevent the achievement of a non-dissemination agreement?
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the recent Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference.
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what official advice has been given to banks, commercial and industrial concerns, which transport money and other valuables by road, with a view to counter-acting robbery with violence and the seizure of loaded vehicles.
Mr Arthur Henderson: Is not crime becoming a highly organised and lucrative business, and would not the Home Secretary appeal to the banks and other business concerns affected by this problem with a view to securing their cooperation with the police authorities to plan and organise security arrangements which will help to defeat the modern, mobile criminal?
Mr Arthur Henderson: Does not the right hon. Gentleman agree that it is becoming necessary to organise and plan counter-operations if we are to defeat these modern mobile criminals?
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will request the Advisory Committee on Delinquency to inquire into the relationship between education, social environment, industrial and recreational training and the problems of adolescence in community life.
Mr Arthur Henderson: Would not the Home Secretary agree that the problem of delinquency affects only a minority of young people today and that what is required is a wider examination of the moral, social and economic problems which influence young people in their everyday life?
Mr Arthur Henderson: asked the Prime Minister whether, following recent Indonesian aggression against Malaysia, he will propose to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers a policy of Commonwealth support for Malaysia in resistance to such aggression in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
Mr Arthur Henderson: In view of the statement made yesterday by the Soviet Deputy Prime Minister that the Soviet Government intend to supply arms to Indonesia, will the Prime Minister make it clear that Her Majesty's Government, while being ready to co-operate with any other Government in securing a peaceful settlement of the Indonesian-Malaysian problem, intend to stand firm behind Malaysia in response to any...