§ Mr.Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reply has been sent to the letter of 15th December 1977 from the president of the Chamber of Representatives of Morocco to the Lord Chancellor and the Leader of the House of Commons seeking British support for Morocco in its dispute with Algeria over the former Spanish-occupied Sahara.
§ Mr.JuddMy right hon. Friends the Lord Chancellor and the Leader of the House of Commons replied on 1st and 3rd April respectively. They both took note of the president's representations.206W The Leader of the House of Commons also said in his reply that Her Majesty's Government believed that every effort should be made to find a peaceful solution to this dispute and that such a solution could best be found through the good offices of the OAU.