§ 23. Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are Her Majesty's Government's plans for the administrative future of the New Hebrides.
§ Mr. LuardIt is the intention of the British and French Governments to bring the territory to independence in 1980, if the people so decide, in accordance with a joint ministerial decision of July 1977. A Government of national unity was formed in the New Hebrides in December 1978.