HC Deb 21 November 1985 vol 87 cc270-1W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Prime Minister whether Her Majesty's Government lodged an official protest with the French Government concerning the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand.

The Prime Minister

Her Majesty's ambassador in Paris delivered a note to the French Foreign Ministry on 24 September drawing attention to the fact that the Rainbow Warrior was a British ship and urging swift compensation. A similar note was handed to the French ambassador in London on 25 September.