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task force have the necessary equipment for telephoning the United Kingdom and it would clearly be difficult to ange access to it for the numbers of men involved. To nge an equitable system for the 20,000 or so members of the task force to make free telephone calls home would in present circumstances therefore pose not only considerable administrative problems but, more impor- tantly, difficult operational problems.
Fraserburgh
Q35. Mr. McQuarrie asked the Prime Minister if she will pay an official visit to Fraserburgh in the East Aberdeenshire constituency.
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The Prime Minister: I have at present no plans to do
Women (Appointments to Public Bodies)
Q47. Miss Joan Lestor asked the Prime Minister whether the Central Statistical Office will make it its practice in future to include data on the appointment of women to public bodies in the publication "Social Trends".
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The Prime Minister:.The next edition of "Social
Trends" will include a table showing separately the number of men and women members of public bodies for whose appointment Government Departments are responsible.
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Q48. Mr. Renton asked the Prime Minister whether she has any plans to meet with the Trades Union Congress.
The Frime Minister: I have no immediate plans to do
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International Year of Disabled People (Report)
Mr. Alfred Morris asked the Prime Minister when she expects to publish the Government's report on the International Year of Disabled People 1981 and their proposals for future action; and if she will make a
statement.
The Prime Minister: We hope to publish the report by next month.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Falkland Islands (Hong Kong Sailors and Service Men)
40. Sir Anthony Royle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will request the Governor of Hong Kong to launch a fund supported by both the Hong Kong Government and the public to provide extra financial support for those families bereaved by the death of Hong Kong sailors and Service men killed fighting for the United Kingdom in the Falklands war.
Mr. Rifkind: Her Majesty's Government will meet their obligations to the families of these men through the payment of death gratuities and insurance indemnities as appropriate. In addition, the South Atlantic Fund is available as a source of assistance.
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South Sandwich Islands
Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on British military action in the South Sandwich Islands.
Mr. Onslow: I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 22 June to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, West (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton).--[Vol. 26, c. 76.]
Passport Application Forms
Mr. Marlow asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will take measures to permit those who wish to use traditional British measurements on passport application forms to do so in future.
Mr. Rifkind: No. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St. Edmunds on 25 February. Passport applicants have been asked to state their height in metres since the decision taken in 1975 to switch to the use of metric units in passports. There are no plans to drop the conversion tables which have been included in passport application forms since the change was made.
Falkland Islands
Mr. Dover asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements he intends to make to ensure that any rebuilding work required in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia is carried out as soon as possible.
Mr. Onslow: Rehabilitation work in the Falklands is being given the highest priority. There are many difficulties and it will take some time for life in the islands to be restored to normal. The military authorities in the Falklands are already undertaking emergency repair work to restore the island's essential services and to meet the immediate needs, of the Falklands community. The Civil Commissioner and an advance party are on their way back to the Falklands. He and his staff will be making urgent recommendations for further action to complement the emergency work of the military authorities and on longer term reconstruction.
Uruguay
Mr. Proctor asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current state of relations between the United Kingdom and Uruguay.
Mr. Onslow: We enjoy good relations with Uruguay. We have appreciated the co-operation of the Uruguay authorities over humanitarian aspects of the Falklands conflict, including the repatriation via Montevideo of a number of Argentine prisoners of war and the return home via Montevideo of British and some Argentine casualties.
Chile
Mr. Proctor asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current state of relations between the United Kingdom and Chile.
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Mr. Onslow: Our relations with Chile are satisfactory.
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