§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many islands being British possessions in the Caribbean have been offered for sale in the last five years; how many have been sold, and to whom; by what authority they were offered for sale; and what was the average price per acre at which they were sold.
§ Mr. Rowlands,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th March 1978; Vol. 946, c. 464], gave the following information:
I have now heard from the Governors concerned that no islands have been sold by British dependent territories in the Caribbean in the last five years Some small islands have been in private owner-ship from an earlier date and are from time to time sold by one private owner to another.