§ 42. Sir John Biggs-DavisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the current situation with regard to British and Allied patrolling of the Gulf.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe British Government welcome the current moves towards a settlement of the Iran-Iraq conflict, but it would be premature to modify the current pattern of operations of the Armilla patrol or the tri-national United Kingdom/Netherlands/Belgium mine countermeasures until the threat to merchant shipping in the Gulf has clearly been seen to have diminished.