§ Viscount Montgomery of Alameinasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the outcome of the recent talks in Madrid between British and Argentinian representatives.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Brabazon of Tara)The talks which concluded on 19th October 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.