§ Sir Russell JohnstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the speech by Lord Owen representing the presidency of the EC in the debate on the former Yugoslavia in the plenary session of the Council of Europe on 3 October in which he excluded any possibility of independence for Kosovo represents Government policy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe share Lord Owen's views. The Serbian authorities should grant the Kosovars genuine autonomy with full human rights, and the Kosovars should accept this. A special group on Kosovo is working intensively within the international conference.