§ Mr. David HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent talks in Madrid between British and Argentinian representatives.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe talks which concluded yesterday have enabled us to resolve a number of practical issues without prejudicing the sovereignty of the Falkland islands and represent a significant step towards the normalisation of relations between the United Kingdom and Argentina. I am arranging for a copy of the communiqué to be placed in the Library of the House.
In addition, the British representative made a statement announcing our intention to extend the breadth of the territorial sea around certain dependent territories which included the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.