HC Deb 19 October 1988 vol 138 cc957-8W
25. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards recognition of Bophuthatswana.

39. Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider giving full diplomatic recognition to the country known as Bophuthatswana.

61. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards recognition of Bophuthatswana.

66. Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards recognition of Bophuthatswana.

73. Mr. Mudd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards recognition of Bophuthatswana.

73. Mr. Woodcock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards recognition of Bophuthatswana.

Mrs. Chalker

The creation of Bophuthatswana was a key element in the South African Government's policy of seperate development, to which we are wholly opposed. In common with all other states except South Africa we do not recognise Bophuthatswana as independent.