Written Answers
Written Answers
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views was put before the committee in September 1973.
139 Affairs if he will report on the work of the Hong Kong Medical and Health Department's new division to develop and co-ordinate programmes for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts.
Mr. Rowlands: The Narcotics and Drug Administration Division in the Hong Kong Medical and Health Depart- ment has now been in existence for some six months. It administers four out- patient methadone clinics and the Metha- done Treatment Pilot Scheme and it has regular contact with other drug addiction treatment agencies in Hong Kong.
Rhodesia
23. Mr. Whitehead asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he is satisfied with the arrange- ments for the visit by the Minister of State to Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Mr. James Callaghan: Yes. My right hon. Friend the Minister of State is today in Mozambique. He will next visit South Africa and is then due to travel on to Salisbury and return to London week.
European Armaments Agency
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24. Mr. Critchley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to create a European Armaments Agency.
Mr. Hattersley: The Government are keen to promote co-operation in arms production and procurement both within the Alliance and among its European members. But much is already being done in this respect and we must be careful to avoid any duplication of the work of such existing bodies as the Eurogroup.
United Nations (Peace-keeping Machinery)
26. Mr. Charles Irving asked the Sec- -etary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if the Government will undertake a study with a view to bringing orward proposals for strengthening the peace-keeping machinery of the United Nations.
Mr. Hattersley: Her Majesty's Govern- nent participate fully in the work of the United Nations Special Committee on A paper Peacekeeping Operations. lescribing Her Majesty's Government's
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Law of the Sea Conference
27. Mr. Henderson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have taken place since the end of the Geneva session of the Law of the Sea Conference with other countries and bodies on matters relevant to that conference.
Mir. Hattersley: The Government main- tain close and frequent contact with bodies concerned with the Law of the Sea Conference. Regarding consultations with other countries, I would refer to my answer today to a Question by the hon. Member for Leek (Mr. Knox).
Diego Garcia
Mr. Stonehouse asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further consultations he has had with the Governments of Mauritius, Seychelles, Kenya. Tanzania, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia regarding the intentions of the United States Government to build a military establishment on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory; and whether they have indicated their approval.
Mr. Hattersley: Our agreement to the relatively modest expansion of the facili- ties at Diego Garcia which the United States Government enjoy, jointly with us, under
takes an existing agreement account of all the relevant factors, including the views of our Commonwealth colleagues in the area.
Hare Coursing
Mr. Biffen asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. if he will list those countries within the EEC whose national laws make illegal the coursing of hares.
Mr. Rowlands, pursuant to the reply [Official Report, 16th June 1975; Vol. 893, c. 320], supplied the following information:
Hare coursing is illegal in Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany. It is legal in Belgium, Ireland Hares are not coursed in and Italy. France.