§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the attitude of Her Majesty's Government to the draft additional protocol to the Geneva Convention for the Protection of War Victims, under which it is proposed to consider as prisoners of war, under certain conditions, captured members of organised liberation movements; and what is the Government's 560W representation on the working group to whom the draft has been referred.
§ Mr. LuardHer Majesty's Government are participating actively in the current session of the Diplomatic Conference at which the two draft additional Protocols are being negotiated. The position of liberation movements and the status of their members are among the matters being discussed, none of which has yet been finally determined. The United Kingdom, in common with most Western delegations, voted against the amendment relating to "liberation struggles" when it was proposed in 1974. The leader of the United Kingdom Delegation is Mr. Freeland, Second Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the principal United Kingdom representative on the working group dealing with prisoners of war is Colonel Sir David Hughes-Morgan, Ministry of Defence.