§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister if the Secretary of State for Trade was aware of the information supplied by the hon. Member for West Lothian to her Office at her request relating to flights by Argentine aircraft on 25 March 1982 from Stansted and on 29 March 1982 from Heathrow, before his reply to Lord Hatch of Lusby on 29 March 1983, Official Report, House of Lords, c. 1455–58.
The Prime MinsterI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave him on 31 March. No additional information has resulted from the inquiries he suggested.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister what plans her Majesty's Government now have for a referendum among the Falkland islanders on their future and on land reform.
§ The Prime MinisterIt is too early to go into detail about how the islanders will be consulted about their political future. As to land reform, I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the Member for Woking (Mr. Onslow) gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Anglesey (Mr. Best) on 28 March.—[Vol. 40, c. 48.]
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§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister whether the references by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on Brazilian television's Globo's programme on the Falkland Islands, concerning Argentine colonisation of the islands, represent the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friend was stating the facts. It is self-evident that Argentina sought to subject the Falkland islanders to a Government they did not want.