§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ask the French Government to make available the report of the inquiry they have initiated into the circumstances in which French experts from State-owned companies assisted the Argentine forces in the deployment of Exocet missiles during the Falkland Islands conflict; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. OnslowThe French Government communicated to us on 28 July the text of a statement issued jointly by the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, reporting the findings of their inquiries. This concludes that the French Government totally fulfilled the obligations imposed on it by its solidarity with their British ally.