§ Mr. Boswellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the consequences of Fiji's current withdrawal from the Commonwealth for those areas within the responsibilities of his Department, including specifically the accreditation of the respective high commissioners and under Commonwealth auspices and the subscription to the Commonwealth Secretariat and other bodies.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIf Fiji remains outside the Commonwealth. the application of a number of Acts of Parliament will have to be reviewed. Fiji's lapsed Commonwealth membership does not invalidate the accreditation of diplomatic representatives. The question of a reallocation of Fiji's share of the budgets of various Commonwealth organisations—0.75 per cent. of the total in respect of the Commonwealth Secretariat—is a matter for the organisations themselves.