§ Mr. Owenasked the Lord Privy Seal what action Her Majesty's Government are taking on the forthcoming trial in the Special High Court of Administration in West Berlin concerning the proposed declaration that the Association of Victims of Nazism is an illegal association; whether he is aware that the proceedings are a violation of the Bonn Convention; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HeathHer Majesty's Government are aware that the Federal Government have requested the Federal Administrative Court to declare the Association of Persecutees of Nazism a prohibited association. The Federal Government are fully within their rights in making this application. There is no question of a violation of the Bonn Convention.