RED SEA LIGHTS

HC Deb 22 November 1967 vol 754 cc381-2W

Mr. Clark Hutchison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what decision has now been reached about the Red Sea lights.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

As indicated in the reply to the hon. Member of 27th April, those Red Sea lights which are the subject of the International Agreement published as Cmnd. 3191 of 1966 are managed by Her Majesty's Government. They are at present maintained locally from Aden, but with the imminent withdrawal of most British personnel from South Arabia, alternative arrangements are nearing completion. These proposed arrangements will be communicated to governments party to the Agreement for their concurrence in the near future and when this has been done the House will be informed. [Vol. 745, c. 332.]