§ 92. Mr. Peter Archerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the memorandum submitted to him by the Parliamentary Group for World Government and the British Association for World Government, he will reconsider his refusal to amend the United Kingdom working paper submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Seabed.
§ 94. Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to recast the working paper presented by the Foreign Office to the United Nations Seabed Committee on 4th August, 1970; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GodberAs the Parliamentary Group for World Government and the British Association for Wold Government have been informed, the United Kingdom Working Paper is an exploratory document to which Her Majesty's Government are not committed. It is not a negotiating document. Her Majesty's Government will be considering whether another working paper should be tabled in the future, though there are no plans for this at present.