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course be consulting other countries con- cerned about possible courses of action.
Mr. Ridley asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will withdraw Denmark's butter quota in the United Kingdom market, until Denmark agrees to international control of fishing for salmon by drift net at sea.
Mr. Hoy: No.
Cyclamates
Mrs. Joyce Butler asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he now expects to make regulations to ban the use of cyclamates in food and drink.
Mr. Cledwyn Hughes: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services and I have now made the Artificial Sweeteners in Food Regula- tions, 1969 and the Soft Drinks (Amend- ment) Regulations, 1969. These prohibit the sale of any food or drink, including artificial sweetening tablets, containing cyclamates as from 1st January, 1970. They will be laid before the House and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office on 30th December.
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The labels of soft drinks containing saccharin will be required to declare the presence of saccharin specifically. In order to provide the necessary time for labels to be changed, the term "permitted artificial sweetener will be allowed until 31st December, 1970.
The labelling of foods, other than soft drinks, which contain saccharin will be dealt with in the new labelling of Food Regulations which will be made shortly.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Anguilla (Manslaughter Charge)
Mr. Marten asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the result of the trial of a man charged with manslaughter shortly after the arrival of British troops in Anguilla.
Mr. Luard: The man, who has been committed on a charge of manslaughter, awaits trial before the next session of the West Indies Associated States' High Court.
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Hong Kong (Child Labour) Mr. James Johnson asked the Secre- fary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if he is aware of the ex- ploitation of child labour in Hong Kong, particularly the child slavery in the colony's tea houses; and what action he is proposing following the recent labour department survey.
Mr. Luard: There is no slavery in Hong Kong. Slavery is of course il egal in the Colony.
There was in August a special cam- paign against the unlawful employment in industry of children under 14. As a result prosecutions were mounted against the proprietors of 298 undertakings. Law enforcement measures will continue to be vigorously pursued.
The Hong Kong Government share our concern that there should be no exploita- tion of child labour. It is however diffi- cult to devise and enforce measures of control outside industry, for examp'e in family businesses and among those en- gaged in itinerant trading. I am aware of the tradition of employing young persons in Chinese tea houses to carry round trays of delicacies. There are regular twice-yearly surveys of employees in such establishments. This is a prob- lem that is gradually diminishing with general changes in social habits.
Laos (Miss Theresa Horsfield)
Mr. Eldon Griffiths asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statemen on the circumstances that led to the killing in Laos of a British nurse, Miss Theresa Horsfield, and on the steps that have been taken to bring those responsible to justice.
Mr. Luard: Miss Theresa Horsfield, a British nurse working in Laos, was murdered on 29th November while travelling by road between Thakhek and Vientiane. Investigations have revealed that she was killed by armed soldiers who
forces. were not members of the Royal Laotian
The British Ambassador in Vientiane addressed a Note to the Foreign Ministry of the Royal Laotian Government on 12th December containing a vigorous protest about the murder of Miss Horsfield, and
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