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Madrid by the Permanent Secretary, he is yet in a position to say if he will be paying an official visit to Spain in 1971.
Mr. Godber: My right hon. Friend does not at present have any plans to do so.
Fire-Power Nuclear Disarmament Conference
45. Mr. Booth asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposal he has received from the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for a five- power nuclear disarmament conference ; and what reply he has made.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: A proposal concerning a Conference of the Five Nuclear Powers was conveyed to the Prime Minister by the Soviet Ambassador last Thursday. We are studying it care- fully, and would certainly wish to be represented at any such conference.
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48. Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is squatters' huts are again being occupied. by the poorer'section of the Hong Kong community because of recent rent rises in the private and public sectors; and what steps he is taking to prevent the de- terioration, as a result, of the living standard of the poor.
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Mr. Anthony Royle: I have evidence of any recent increase in the number of squatters in Hong Kong.
66. Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he is aware that teachers' start- ing salaries in Hong Kong have recently been reduced from 1044 Hong Kong dollars to 889 Hong Kong dollars per month; and what steps he is taking to safeguard the living standards of the profession.
Mr. Anthony Royle: In accordance with the policy that teachers' salaries should be the same in Government schools and in schools subsidised from public funds, new salary structures and scales are now under discussion with staff associations and representatives of the subsidised schools. The new starting points under discussion vary from Hong
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Kong 889 dollars per month for full-time trained non-graduate teachers to Hong Kong 1674 dollars per months for those with diplomas and honours degrees. I can assure the hon. Member that the Hong Kong Government has every inten- tion of safeguarding the living standards of the teaching profession.
Tanzania (Zanzibari Refugees)
49. Mr. Soref asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will seek to pay an official visit to Tanzania to discuss with the Prime Minister the situation of Zanzi- bari refugees at present resident in the United Kingdom.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: No.
United States (Visit)
50. Mr. Marten asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next proposes to visit the United States of America.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: I intend to go to New York in September for the United Nations General Assembly; I hope to see other Foreign Ministers at the same time.
Falkland Islands
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57. Mr. Biggs-Davison asked Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the latest inter- national discussions concerning the Falkland Islands.
Mr. Godber: Talks between Britain and Argentina on improved communica- tions between the Falklands and the mainland are due to start today in Buenos Aires. The British representa- tives have just visited the Falklands and the Islands are also represented in the talks.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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61. Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting in Lisbon.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home: This was a successful meeting at which a broad range of issues was discussed. I will not
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