§ Mr. John Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any service personnel or employees of companies contracted to Her Majesty's Government passed through South Africa en route to the Falkland Islands in December 1983.
§ Mr. StanleyNo service personnel or Government officials have passed through South Africa en route to the Falkland Islands. As I stated in my reply to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Mr. Foulkes) on 21 May 1984 at column 371, the shipping and passage arrangements made by those carrying out contracts for the Government are a matter for the contractors concerned.