§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent disturbances in Nepal.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydFollowing controversy following the death in a road accident of Madam Bhandari, the secretary general of the Unified Marxist Leninist Party, protest action by this party and other left-wing factions led to violent disturbances in Kathmandu and the surrounding area on 25 June. These became increasingly serious, and resulted in an official death toll of 10 in the following few days. The situation is now relatively calm.
We regret the violence and loss of life. We hope that all parties involved will now resolve any differences peacefully and in the spirit of the parliamentary traditions Nepal has adopted.