§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information the Rhodesian authorities gave to the Pearce Commission, and have given to Her Majesty's Government, on the circumstances in which they found it necessary to detain and impose restrictions on Mr. Garfield Todd and Miss Judith Todd, respectively.
§ Mr. GodberThe Pearce Commission said in its report that the only explanation given by the Rhodesian authorities 245W for their decision to detain Mr. Garfield Todd and his daughter was that they were cases of preventive detention arising from the internal security situation which had developed in the Midlands area during the preceding fortnight. Her Majesty's Government have been given no additional information.