§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any persons normally resident in the United Kingdom but temporarily resident in the Falkland Islands as visitors or for some other purpose have not yet been evacuated from the Islands.
§ Mr. OnslowA number of United Kingdom residents temporarily in the Falkland Islands at the time of the invasion by Argentina have since left. The Government is not in a position to say how many are still on the islands.
§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report any formal statements made by the European Community and by its member States, other than the United Kingdom, on the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. PymAll the member States of the European Community have supported the Government's position on the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and their 37W dependencies. The European Commission, the Presidency in the name of the Foreign Ministers of all the member States, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and Greece have issued formal statements, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what notification he has received of actions taken by countries of the Commonwealth in support of Her Majesty's Government's decision to send the task force to the South Atlantic.
§ Mr. PymThe majority of Commonwealth countries have issued statements condemning the use of force by Argentina and have called for an Argentine withdrawal from the Falkland Islands. Three members of the Commonwealth have taken practical measures against Argentina in order to help bring about her withdrawal.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the approximate resident population of the Falkland Islands for each decade, or other intervals for which the figures are conveniently available, during this century.
§ Mr. OnslowThe population in the census years 1901–1980 is as follows:
Year Population 1901 2,043 1911 2,272 1921 2,094 1931 2,392 1946 2,239 1953 2,230 1962 2,172 1972 1,957 1980 1,813