Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the juridical status of the British forces in Lebanon.
§ Mr. BlakerThe deployment of British forces in Lebanon as part of the multinational force is in accordance with the terms of a formal exchange of letters concluded between the British and Lebanon Governments. This provides that command authority will be exercised exclusively by the British Government through diplomatic and military channels and that British service personnel in Lebanon will remain under British jurisdiction in accordance with British service law.