HC Deb 07 December 1970 vol 808 cc18-9
11. Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends to pay an official visit to Fiji.

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

I have no plans for such a visit at this time.

Mr. Wellbeloved

Would the Foreign Secretary start considering plans to visit Fiji? Is he not aware that the people of that newly independent State are anxious to have a clear statement from the Government here about the future of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement?

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

I was in Fiji in March, but I am always willing to go back again—very happy to do so; it is a lovely place to be. Of course we bear very strongly in mind the dependence of the Fijian economy on sugar.

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