§ Mr. Alan JohnsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Defence if he will make a statement on the laying of communications cables by the Government or government agencies in the early 1970s in the Barents Sea in the vicinity of the North Cape Bank. [16691]
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§ Dr. ReidThe Ministry of Defence did not lay cables in the Barents Sea either in the 1970s, or at any other time. Nor am I aware of any cables laid by any other UK Government organisation.