§ 26. Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of housebuilding on the Falkland Islands since 1982.
§ Mr. EggarSince 1982, 136 housing units have been built and 42 mobile homes installed in the Falkland Islands. A further 84 units are at various stages of construction or planning, including 36 for Falkland Islands Government, which should be finished by the end of April.
We and the Falkland Islands Government recognise the crucial importance of housing. A senior British consultant visited the Falklands in November to help prepare a new comprehensive housing policy. We are also encouraged that in recent months a number of building plots have been purchased by individual islanders for private housing development.