:17:01
.. the projected Argentine canal merits
the nation's attention and support.
:17:08
Mr Speaker...
:17:14
I believe this excellent scheme
represents a genuine opportunity...
:17:19
.. to extend our trading routes
and to stamp our authority...
:17:24
.. on an increasingly
vital portion of the globe.
:17:29
Excellent speech.
:17:33
Didn't expect to see you here.
:17:35
Neither did I, but I have developed
a sudden, very singular interest...
:17:39
.. in politics.
:17:41
- Married yet?
- Ask me again in half an hour.
:17:47
What?
:17:49
- Nothing.
- The Member for Cheltenham.
:17:51
- Arthur!
- Shh.
:17:52
I beg to ask the Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs...
:17:56
.. to clarify his position
in respect of the proposed scheme.
:18:00
Hear, hear! Answer, sir!
:18:04
Let me first of all
thank the Honourable Member...
:18:07
.. for his articulate contribution
to the debate.
:18:13
Since I last addressed this House
on the subject,...
:18:16
.. I have had the opportunity...
:18:18
.. to investigate this scheme
more thoroughly...
:18:21
.. and to grasp fully the ramifications
of our lending it support.
:18:29
I have to inform the House...
:18:32
.. that I was...
:18:34
.. mistaken...
:18:37
.. in my original perceptions...
:18:39
.. and that I have now taken
a rather different view.
:18:51
Ow, ow!
:18:56
I find that now I must agree
with my Right Honourable friend...