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tion for Gibraltar or abstained from vot- ing are in arrears in their contributions to the United Nations.

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to be taken to measure the extra volume of northbound or southbound transit traffic flowing through Leeds following the opening of the M1 motorway link to the city.

Mr. Marsh: No census with this specific object has been arranged, but two large-scale investigations now being

made are relevant to traffic needs in the arca. A Project Feasibility Study, an- nounced last year, is assessing traffic movements with a view to a possible new north-south route east or west of Leeds; and the West Yorkshire Land Use/Transportation Study, which is con- cerned with traffic predictions for 1981 and 2001, takes account both of current traffic patterns and likely expansion and development.

Mr. Whitlock: Of the 101 countries who either voted in favour of General Assembly Resolution 2429 (XXIII) or of December 1968, in their contributions abstained, 59 were in arrears, on 31st to the United Nations Regular Budget. Since the list of countries is long, I will, OFFICIAL REPORT. with permission, circulate it in the

Following is the information:

List of countries who voted in favour of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2429 (XXIII) of 18 December, 1968, on Gib- raltar, or who abstained in the voting, who on 31 December 1968, were in arrears in their contributions to the United Nations regular budget.

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Hong Kong (Committee of Review)

63. Mr. Bidwell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the membership of the Hong Kong Committee of Review to which Chinese detainees may make representations for release.

Mr. Whitlock: The Committee of Re- view consists of a Chairman and two members. As regards their identity, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 10th December, 1968, to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Rich- mond, Surrey (Mr. A. Royle).-[Vol. 775, c. 87.]

Israel

Italy

Laos

Mauritania

Byclorussian Soviet

Cambodia

Mexico

Argentina Bolivia Bulgaria

Burundi

Socialist Republic

Mongolia

Nepal

Cameroon

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Central African

Republic

Chad

Chile China Colombia

Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Dahomey

Dominican Republic Ecuador

El Salvador France Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea Haiti

Honduras

64. Mr. Bidwell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, under his regulations, Hungary the decisions of the Hong Kong Commit- tee of Review, to which Chinese de- tainees may make appeals, are binding on the Governor.

Mr. Whitlock: No. The Committee of Review is an advisory body.

Gibraltar

67. Mr. George Jeger asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs how many countries who voted in the General Assembly on 18th December 1968 against self-determina-

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India Iran

Paraguay Peru Poland Rumania Senegal Somalia

Spain

Togo

Uganda

Ukranian Soviet

Socialist Republic Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics United Arab Republic Upper Volta Uruguay

Venezuela Yemen

Mr. Albert Roberts asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he now proposes a renewal of the discussions with the Spanish Gov- ernment, in view of the Trusteeship Com- mittee of the United Nations Resolution on Gibraltar being accepted by the General Assembly.

Mr. Whitlock: Neither Her Majesty's Government nor the Spanish Government have proposed a renewal of talks.

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