§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the South African Government urging the ending of the state of emergency.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe have made many representations calling on the South African Government to lift the state
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§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 10 May 1989]: The information is given in the table. I regret that estimates for the bottom 1 per cent. and the bottom 5 per cent. of taxpayers are not available. Child tax allowances, which were being phased out in 1978–79 have been excluded from the comparison. The estimates are based on the projection of the 1986–87 survey of personal incomes and are therefore provisional.
of emergency. Similar representations have been made jointly with our European partners, most recently on 20 April this year.
§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support the immediate and unconditional release of all detainees and the lifting of the restrictions imposed on recently released detainees in South Africa.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe have made frequent representations to the South African Government, urging that all those detained without trial should be charged or released unconditionally.