§ 25. Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what foreign policy objectives are served by the training in the United Kingdom of military personnel from El Salvador; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarPresident Duarte's democratically elected Government is publicly committed to strengthening democracy and eradicating human rights abuses. We support these objectives and the offer to train one or two Salvadorean cadets is consistent with them.
§ 53. Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department makes of the effect of training in the United Kingdom for officers of the armed forces of other nations on the observance of human rights in those countries.
§ Mr. RentonWe monitor the human rights situation carefully in all those countries from which officers of the armed forces train in the United Kingdom. However, it is not possible to establish any direct causal relationship between training in the United Kingdom and the observance of human rights in the countries concerned.