§ Mr. O'HaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what international agreements govern the sovereignty of the island of Imia. [15671]
§ Mr. David Davis[holding answer 16 February 1996]: The two sides do not agree on the question precisely because they take different views of the relevance of international documents concerned. The 1923 treaty of Lausanne, two agreements of 1932, and the 1947 Paris treaty of peace with Italy are among these.
§ Mr. O'HaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 13 February, if the 1947 agreement is the basis of the international law in respect of sovereignty over Imia. [15723]
§ Mr. Davis[holding answer 19 February 1996]: The two sides do not agree on the question precisely because they take different views of the relevance of international documents concerned. The 1923 treaty of Lausanne, two agreements of 1932, and the 1947 Paris treaty of peace with Italy are among these.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessments were made by(a) his departmental officials and (b) departmental Ministers of the reliability of information provided by Mr. Paul Henderson, while managing director of Matrix Churchill, on the status of the Iraqi military procurement network. [15692]
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Mr. Hanky[holding answer 16 February 1996]: Details of the information supplied by Mr. Paul Henderson on the Iraqi military procurement network are covered in sections D and G of the report of Sir Richard Scott's inquiry. We do not propose to comment further on the sources of intelligence material.