§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a list of the countries granted independence by the United Kingdom since 1970 showing(a) when a formal decision was taken to proceed towards independence and (b) the actual date of independence day in each case. [14285]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorThe countries granted independence by the United Kingdom since 1970 are: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe.
I refer the hon. Member to the "Commonwealth Yearbooks" 1987 and 1993–94 (HMSO, 1987 and 1995) from which the other information may be obtained. Copies of the yearbooks are in the Library.