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Mr. Judd: At my right hon. Friend's meeting with the Spanish Foreign Min- ister, Sr Oreja, in Strasbourg on 24th November, it was agreed to hold another meeting early in the new year at which Gibraltarian representatives would again be present on the British side. My right hon. Friend is in touch with Sr Oreja about this, but a date has not yet been fixed.
Hong Kong
24. Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the findings of the Turner Committee on trade unions in Hong Kong to be published.
Mr. Luard: Professor Turner expects to complete his final report during the early summer. A decision on whether it will be published will not be made until my right hon. Friend has had a chance to consider it.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if an interim report has been made by Professor Turner on trade union organ- isation in Hong Kong; and, if so, whether the report will be made public.
Mr. Luard: Professor Turner submitted an interim report on labour relations in Hong Kong in 1977. In view of the speci- fically provisional and tentative nature of the report, and the fact that much of its contents might well be changed in the final version, it would be inappropriate to publish it.
United Nations
25. Mr. Kaox asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration his Depart- ment is giving to the reform of the United Nations so that it might become more effective in resolving global problems: and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luard: I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on th December 1977.-[Vol. 940, c. 763-766.)
Mr. Brotherton asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the cost to peric funds of the Laited Nations.
Mr. Luard: The most recent statistics relate to 1976, in which your be United
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Kingdom contributed £9,052,834 to the regular budget of the United Nations. In addition to this, the United Kingdom con- tributed £51,287,800 to United Nations funds and agencies, making a total for the calender year 1976 of £60,340,634.
Southern Africa (Defence and Aid Fund)
28. Mr. Kilroy-Silk asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs why Her Majesty's Gov- ernment have not yet made a financial contribution to the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa.
Mr. Rowlands: Britain made $40,000 available to the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa in 1967. Most of this was allocated for use by the Inter- national Defence and Aid Fund. The question of a further assistance to vol- untary agencies operating in Rhodesia is under consideration; the International Defence and Aid Fund's latest request for funds is being considered together with requests from other agencies with an interest in Southern Africa.
Middle East
30. Mr. David Watkins asked the Sec- retary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs what discussions he is hav- ing with Middle East Governments with the object of securing a permanent peace- ful settlement in the Middle East.
Mr. Judd: My right hon. Friend is in constant touch with a number of the Governments concerned about the situa- tion in the Middle East. The Israel Prime Minister visited this country twice in Dec- ember, and, in addition, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister held valuable talks with President Sadat of Egypt on 13th January.
Armaments (Expenditure)
31. Mr. Thorne asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Afairs if he will ask other NATO mem- ber States pending the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament in May to refrain from pressing for increased arms expenditure.
32. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Com- monwealth Affairs if, in view of his dec- tion that Great Britain will play a
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