§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report the text of the draft ordinance relating to the proposed Falkland Islands development corporation, showing any amendments or changes made by the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands to his draft document.
§ Mr. OnslowThe Ordinance establishing the Falkland Islands Development Corporation was enacted by the Falkland Islands Legislative Council on 22 April. Copies of the legislation will be placed in the Library as soon as they are available.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to make a decision concerning farmland in the Falkland Islands now offered for sale to the Government of the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. OnslowIt is for the Falkland Islands Government to decide whether they wish to purchase land offered to them.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which third countries have been used by Her Majesty's Government to hold negotiations with Argentina since the Falklands crisis developed; during which periods each country was active in these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of each set of negotiations.
§ Mr. OnslowOn 20 May 1982 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister explained to the House in detail the efforts made, with the assistance of third parties, to reach a negotiated solution to the crisis precipitated by Argentina's armed invasion of the Falkland Islands.—[Vol. 24, c. 477.]
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there are any factors which would prevent Her Majesty's Government from seeking the co-operation of the Peruvian Government in negotiating a settlement with Argentina.
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§ Mr. OnslowWe have already made it clear that there can be no question of negotiations without a fundamental change in the Argentine attitude.