§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has yet agreed to make additional funds available to the Banaban community as requested in the Bairiki resolution Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
§ Mr. LuardThe British Government's response to the resolution agreed at Bairiki last November was delivered to the Gilbert Islands Government and to the Rabi Council of Leaders on 22nd February. It is as follows:
RESPONSE BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO THE BAIRIKI RESOLUTIONS
1. The Government of the Gilbert Islands and the Rabi Council of Leaders have drawn the attention of the British Government to the texts of the eleven Resolutions to which they subscribed at their meeting at Bairiki in November 1977. The British Government have already welcomed the spirit of common purpose which the two parties demonstrated at Bairiki The resolutions concern many different subjects and were directed to the attention of several different governments. The responses which follow represent the views of the British Government upon such of the resolutions as