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Dr. Vaughan: I understand that 19 candidates sat for the council's examinations in 1980, 19 in 1981 and 25 in 1982 and that 8, 11 and 12, respectively, were successful. Information is not available about how long the candidates had been undergoing full-time training at the time they took the examinations.
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Mr. Pavitt asked the Minister for Trade if he will list the present members of the Hearing Aid Council and their terms of appointment.
Dr. Vaughan: The members of the council and the date of expiry of their present terms of appointment are as follows:
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Member and date of
Mr. H. Gould, Chairman-29 December 1984 Mr. A. A. Campbell-29 December 1982 Mr. D. W. Greener-29 December 1984 Mr. L. D. Hills-29 December 1983 Mr. A. Huntington-29 December 1983 Mrs. J. M. Jones-29 December 1984 Mrs. M. Lundy-29 December 1983 Mr. J. T. More-29 December 1982 Mr. C. A. Powell-29 December 1983 Mr. B. C. Rowe-29 December 1982 Dr. S. D. G. Stephens-29 December 1984 Miss A Terry-29 December 1982
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Miss Helen Smith
Mr. Cryer asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence in his possession from persons and bodies outside Government relating to the death of Helen Smith.
Mr. Hurd: I am not sure what correspondence the hon. Member has in mind. We have in the last three years received a considerable amount of mail on this subject. In 1980 we made available to the West Yorkshire police all documents relating to the death of Miss Smith. The police inspected our files, interviewed our staff and gave their findings to the coroner. Foreign and Commonwealth Office witnesses gave evidence at the inquest. We would similarly place such information at the disposal of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration were he to decide to conduct an inquiry.
Gibraltar
Mr. Foulkes asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contacts his Department has made with the new Government in Spain regarding the question of Gibraltar.
Mr. Hurd: My right hon. Friend discussed Gibraltar when he met the new Spanish Foreign Minister in Brussels on 10 December. They agreed to work towards implementing the Lisbon agreement in the spring.
Mr. Foulkes asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he regards the opening of the Gibraltar frontier to pedestrians as an indication of the Spanish Government's interest in implementing the Lisbon statement of 1980.
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in the Lisbon agreement. The Spanish Foreign Minister informed us of his Governments's commitment to the agreement when my right hon. Friend met him on 10 December. We agreed to work towards implementation in the spring.
Vietnamese Refugees
Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the number of Vietnamese refugees now in Hong Kong; and how many have been there for one year, two years or three years, respectively.
Mr. Rifkind: On 15 December there were 13,114 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong: 4,156 have been in Hong Kong for three years or more, 4,714 for two years or more, 6,294 for one year or more and 6,820 for less than one year.
Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnmese refugees from Hong Kong have been resettled in other countries in each of the past three years; and how many have been taken by each of the various countries for resettlement.
Mr. Rifkind: Some 37,468 Vietnamese refugees were resettled from Hong Kong in 1980; 17,818 in 1981 and 8,847 in 1982-up to the end of November-in the following countries:
USA
1980
1981
1982
21,053
12,222
6,548
Canada
6,548
2.070
1,041
United Kingdom
6.076
1,775
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Australia
984
500
345
France
188
362
169
West Germany
537
81
45
Denmark
321
220
71
Switzerland
414
97
14
Norway
180
187
72
Austria
318
14
New Zealand
217
Netherlands
96
102
110
250
95
13
36
5
21
2
2
Spain Sweden
Japan
Greece
New Caledonia Belgium China Bermuda Taiwan Luxembourg Vietnam (voluntary repatriation)
Vanuatu Ireland
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In addition, 109, 93 and 50 Vietnamese refugees were allowed to settle in Hong Kong in 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnamese boat people have been rescued by British ships in the past three years; how many of these have been resettled in the United Kingdom; and how many still remain in Hong Kong, respectively.
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Mr. Rifkind: A total of 1,537 Vietnamese boat people have been rescued by British ships since January 1980;
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