HC Deb 08 July 1980 vol 988 cc142-3W
Mr. Norman Atkinson

asked the Lord Privy Seal under which treaty the Crown bases in Cyprus are considered British territory; and if Her Majesty's Government now consider any aspect of this treaty to be inoperable.

Mr. Hurd

The Sovereign bases remained British territory when the rest of the island of Cyprus was transferred to the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus under the treaty of establishment. The British Government continue to consider the 1960 treaties as valid.