It may be that after the serious discussion that we have had today and the ramifications of the Rhodesia Crisis, the subject of my Adjournment debate will seem relatively unimportant.

I believe that the Crisis in Rhodesia is developing and changing daily.

But, above all, there is the Crisis in Rhodesia.

Secondly, I want briefly to refer to the Crisis in Rhodesia.

Does my right hon. Friend accept that, whatever the reservations and criticisms of inadequacies as they are seen in Government policy towards the Crisis in Rhodesia, there is growing concern abroad and, indeed, contempt for the treacherous opportunism on the part of right hon. and hon. Gentlemen opposite in their backdoor dealing, as is suspected, with the Smith régime?

It might have been possible once to approach the Crisis of Rhodesia in isolation, but the situation has now qualitatively changed, and the political, economic, strategic and military position of Rhodesia is inextricably involved now in the economic, political and strategic position of the Portuguese territories and South Africa itself.

Mr. Dykes asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what up-to-date progress he is abe to assess for a successful outcome of the constitutional Crisis in Rhodesia in the context of his official visit to Southern Africa.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what up-to-date progress he is abe to assess for a successful outcome of the constitutional Crisis in Rhodesia in the context of his official visit to Southern Africa.

The Crisis in Rhodesia is too far advanced to allow us to think in terms other than that of a first-class emergency, how we can end the fighting and secure a lasting settlement.