§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further steps he has taken to improve conditions in the closed camps in Hong Kong following the British Refugee Council's report.
§ Mr. LuceAs I said in my answer of 17 December to my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley (Sir P. Wall), at column30, I shall be discussing with members of the Asia Committee of the British Refugee Council those recommendations in the council's report "Behind Barbed Wire" that fall within the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. A meeting has now been arranged for 22 January. I can, however, tell the hon. Gentleman that, in relation to one recommendation in the report, the Hong Kong Government had decided before the report appeared that Vietnamese refugees in open centres who claim to have close relatives in a closed centre may live with them in the closed centres if they wish.