§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Ministerial visit to Brunei on 4th January 1976.
§ Mr. EnnalsMy right hon. and noble Friend the Minister of State visited Brunei from 4th to 9th January 1976 to resume discussions with the Sultan on the implementation of the defence review decision to withdraw the British Gurkha battalion, and to begin a review of the 1959 Agreement with Brunei as amended in 1971, formally requested by Her Majesty's Government on 27th November 1974. Talks will be resumed in London in the spring at a date to be arranged.