§ Mr. Spearingasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement concerning the conversations between the Government of Zimbabwe and representatives of Her Majesty's Government 518W concerning the short and long-term problems in that country.
§ Mr. LuceI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Biggs-Davison) on 18 June.—[Vol. 986, c. 517.] We remain in close contact with the Zimbabwe Government. The Zimbabwe Minister of Local Government and Housing visited London on 20 June. The Foreign Minister visited London on 26 June, and the Ministers of Economic Planning and Development and of Commerce and Industry were here on 30 June to discuss Zimbabwean accession to Lomé. A third round of talks on the payment of moneys owed to Her Majesty's Government and to private United Kingdom stockholders in respect of sterling obligations entered into before November 1965 by the Government of Southern Rhodesia took place in London last week and agreement was reached on the terms of a settlement. Further details will be announced shortly.