§ 19. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received about the future of the Banaban people and their ancestral home Ocean Island; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe Rabi Council of Leaders, in a petition dated 11th March 1974, asked for independence for Ocean Island. I refer my hon. Friend to what my right hon. Friend the Minister of State said in the House on 23rd January.—[Vol. 884, c. 2103–8.]