§ 25. Mr. David Watkinsasked the Lord Privy Seal what efforts have been made by Her Majesty's Government to further a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East since the recent EEC initiative.
§ 27. Mr. Adleyasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will report progress on the EEC peace initiative in the Middle East.
§ 30. Mr. Robert Atkinsasked the Lord Privy Seal what further discussions he has had with his EEC counterparts concerning their Middle East initiative.
§ 35. Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement on further progress on the Middle East initiative by the EEC Foreign Ministers.
§ Sir Ian GilmourI refer the hon. Member and my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury).
§ 29. Mr. Mikardoasked the Lord Privy Seal what progress has been made in 566W setting up the EEC fact-finding mission to the Middle East; and who the British representative will be.
§ Sir Ian GilmourI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury). No decisions have been taken on whether or how Britain should be represented.
§ 39. Mr. Freesonasked the Lord Privy Seal what plans he has to initiate or join in making changes to existing United Nations resolutions on the Middle East.
§ Sir Ian GilmourUnited Nations resolutions cannot be changed retrospectively. The Government have made clear that there could be advantage at the right time in a new Security Council resolution supplementing resolution 242 by associating its principles with the need for the rights of the Palestinian people, which go beyond the status of refugees, to be taken into account.