HC Deb 11 December 1981 vol 14 c491W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will propose at the United Nations that the social and economic commission of the United Nations Organisation should send an investigating team to Sri Lanka to look into the question of alleged discrimination against the Tamil minority there.

Mr. Hurd

No. The Sri Lankan Government have said that they are determined to resolve Sri Lanka's communal problems. This is a Sri Lankan affair and intervention from outside would not be helpful.