§ 81. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to secure the release of a British national, Peter Niesewand, detained unlawfully by the illegal régime in Southern Rhodesia.
§ Lord BalnielAs my right hon. Friend explained to the House on 28th February, he has made representations to the Rhodesian authorities about Mr. Niesewand's detention.—[Vol. 851, c. 1482.]
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will take action to punish those responsible for usurping lawful authority by purporting to exercise the right of detaining, imprisoning and executing Her Majesty's subjects in Rhodesia.
§ Lord BalnielNeither this Government nor the previous Government have been in a position to take action within Rhodesia against those exercising authority illegally there.