HC Deb 05 March 1979 vol 963 c538W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what criteria Her Majesty's Government intend to judge the freedom and fairness of the elections which are shortly to take place in Rhodesia on the basis of universal suffrage.

Mr. Rowlands

We shall assess the outcome of the proposed elections in the light of all the circumstances at the time.