All reputable sources, including the official history, say all these rumours about offers of carriers, etc..... are absolute rubbish. And who was going to man this carrier on the 1st June
I refer the hon gentleman to post #127 - the offer of a carrier was not 'absolute rubbish', and the OH only says that the offer was 'perhaps less definite' than people thought. This had been written before the Staff College seminar at which the nature of the offer was revealed and at which the author of the OH was sitting, as I recall, two places to the right of Admiral Leach. The OH also mentions an American offer to sail a CVBG down South as a show of support.
Back on topic, Hansard suggests that the two questions Biggus referred to were not put; nor was question 12 about meeting NATO leaders regarding AD capability for carriers.