HC Deb 08 December 1982 vol 33 c511W
68. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what questions were put to Lord Belstead by the members of the Assembly of Western European Union at its recent meeting in Paris relating to the offer in March by Uruguay to evacuate civilians from the Falkland Islands before an Argentine invasion and what replies he gave.

Mr. Onslow

The text of questions put to my noble Friend Lord Belstead at the Assembly of the Western European Union in Paris on 1 December, together with his replies, appears in the official report of the eleventh sitting of the Assembly, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why certain material in the Public Record Office on the Falkland Islands was closed to bona fide researchers between the invasion and the setting up of the Franks report for a longer period than 30 years.

Mr. Onslow

No material in the Public Record Office on the Falkland Islands was closed during this time for a period longer than 30 years.