There were Nyon, the Czechoslovakian Crisis of May, and the Austrian Debt settlement; and even the bombing of British ships, although there is sad news to-day, which shows the need for firm vigilance, has been almost entirely stopped since His Majesty's Government, stiffened by Debates in this House, made strong representations not only to General Franco but also to the head of the Italian Government.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs w hat was the cost to Her Majesty's Government of arrangements made for the evacuation of United Kingdom subjects from the Middle East during the Crisis of May-June.

The Home Secretary would have to answer - if he chose to use the language of the Common Market - in a manner similar to that of General Gamelin to Churchill when at a time of Crisis in May 1940 he was asked, "Where is the strategic reserve"?

They had been convicted, but I said that a little political nous, a little awareness of Irish history and of their psyche and a little political flexibility in the previous December could have headed off the May Crisis.