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on 1 November, which deals with the regulations to be made under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 to control the use of all pesticides. A copy of the document has been placed in the Library of the House.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Gibraltar
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his talks with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar regarding the Spanish Government's proposals for the future of Gibraltar.
Mr. Eggar: My right hon. and learned Friend had a useful talk with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar on 4 November. They discussed a wide range of issues relating to Gibraltar including the proposals for the future of Gibraltar received from the Spanish Government. Details of their discussions remain confidential.
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he proposes to meet Senor Fernandez Ordonez, the Spanish Foreign Minister, to discuss the Spanish Government's proposals for the future of the the dependent territory of Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar: My right hon. and learned Friend will be having wide-ranging discussions with the Spanish Foreign Minister on international and bilateral issues, including Gibraltar, during his visit to Madrid on 5-6 December 1985.
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government to continue to observe the preamble to the 1969 Gibraltar constitution that Britain will not enter any arrangements in which sovereignty is transferred against the freely expressed wishes of the people of the dependent territory of Gibraltar.
Mr. Eggar: Yes.
Libya
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's current relations with Libya.
Mr. Renton: We have at present no plans to resume diplomatic relations with Libya.
Hong Kong and Singapore
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr. Renton : My right hon. and learned Friend has not made a recent visit to Hong Kong or Singapore. But I visited Hong Kong between 27 and 31 October, and stopped over in Singapore on 31 October on my way to Indonesia. In Hong Kong I was able to see recent developments in the territory, to meet a broad cross section of Hong Kong people, and to hold wide-ranging discussions with the Executive Council and Government officials. I attended the opening session of the new
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Singapore
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's present relations with Singapore.
Mr. Renton: Our relations with Singapore are excellent and based on mutual interest which we shall continue to promote. We attach importance to Singapore as a member of ASEAN contributing to the stability and development of south-east Asia, where the United Kingdom has substantial interests, and playing a respected role in international affairs.
Indonesia
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have recently made to the Government of Indonesia concerning the repression of human rights.
Mr. Renton: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind) to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) on 28 October. I discussed the whole question of human rights particularly on East Timor with senior Indonesian officials when visiting Jakarta last week.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent official visit to Indonesia.
Mr. Renton: My right hon. and learned Friend has not made a recent official visit to Indonesia, but I was there earlier this month to attend a conference on our regional heads of mission in Jakarta. Whilst there, I had useful discussions with Indonesian Ministers and officials.
Afghanistan
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her
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Mr. Eggar: As my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Whitney), said, on 21 February 1984 we have no substantive dealings with the Karmal regime. Following the Soviet invasion in December 1979, we withdrew Her Majesty's ambassador in Kabul and suspended our aid programme to Afghanistan.
Falkland Islands (Film)
Mr. Foulkes asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why he refused permission for the Mata Boyd television production company from Argentina to film on the Falkland Islands.
Mr. Eggar: Entry into the Falkland Islands is a matter for the Falkland Islands Government, who did not consider such a visit to be appropriate.