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Written Answers
18 JULY 1984
Mr. Luce: The dates on which the persons listed were ded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were: Mr. Nagi Ibrahim Ali Abu-Zareiba
3 December 1980
Signed by Mr. Mabruk Elgayed, then Secretary General of the Bureau.
Mr. Rahuma K. F. Srez
17 October 1981 Signed by Mr. Mabruk Elgayed, then Secretary General of the Bureau.
Mr. Abdel Harnid M. Ben Mossa
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3 November 1981 Signed by Mr. Hameda Zlitni, who was delegated by Mr. Mabruk Elgayed to sign notifications.
Hong Kong (Refugees)
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Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many unattended minors there are in closed refugee camps in Hong Kong; and if he will take their future up with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a special case.
Mr. Luce: There are 157 unaccompanied minors in closed refugee centres in Hong Kong. My right and learned Friend the Home Secretary has recently agreed to accept 25 unaccompanied children from refugee centres in Hong Kong, some of whom may be drawn from closed centres. We maintain regular contact with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with the aim of finding resettlement places for all the Vietnamese refugees in centres in Hong Kong, including unaccompanied minors.
Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current rate of resettlement of Vietnamese refugees from the closed camps in Hong Kong; and if he will make it his policy to set an example to other potential settler countries by accepting approximately 500 if other major countries agree to do the same.
Mr. Luce: So far this year, refugees from the closed centres in Hong Kong have been resettled at an average rate of 103 per month. The second part of the question is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary.
Diplomats (Accreditation)
Mr. Latham asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what explanation of the duties of the diplomat in question was given to his Department when it received notification that Mr. Mohamed Abdelgiawad was seeking accreditation to the Libyan People's Bureau as an official in the Islamic section; and which other embassies currently have diplomats in post with such a designation.
Mr. Luce: No explanation was sought when Mr. Mohamed Mehemed Abdelgiawad was notified as an official in the Islamic section of the Libyan People's Bureau. It is for the sending state to decide the functions and designation of its staff appointed to diplomatic missions, provided these meet the requirements of the Vienna convention. We have no objection in principle to such a designation. The following missions currently have diplomats in post with this designation:
Brunei
Mr. Johari Bin Karmis, Attaché (Islamic Affairs)
Malaysia
Mr. Wan Mohamad Haji Abd Aziz, Attaché (Islamic Affairs) Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ali Abdullah Mughram Al-Ghamdi, Counsellor (Islamic Affairs)
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Gulf War
Mr. O'Brien asked the Secretary of State for and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he with representatives of British insurance interests a Gulf war.
Mr. David Mitchell: I have been asked to re There have been some exchanges betwe Department and British insurance interests about t but these have been fairly limited and factual; th on which insurance has been provided have matters for commercial decision.
DEFENCE
Low-flying Aircraft
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for how many complaints he has received in each q the last 12 months from each parliamentary cons within the county of Staffordshire about lo military aircraft.
Mr. Lee: These figures are not reco constituency, and the information could not be without disproportionate effort.
American Bases (Security)
Mr. J. Enoch Powell asked the Secretary of Defence if he will publish in the Officialport of 2 July to the right hon. Member for South Do subject of security at American bases in th Kingdom.
Mr. Heseltine: Yes. The text of my reply is a
I am replying to your letter of 31st May to Leon which you asked about the statutory basis fo arrangements at United States bases in this count dealing with intruders into those bases.
There is no specific statutory provision authorisi arrangements at United States bases, nor is one needed are made available to the forces stationed in this cou of the NATO Alliance and, in accordance with A paragraph 10 of the 1951 NATO Status of Forces (Cmnd 9363), which sets out the terms under which of one NATO member State are stationed in the another, the United States authorities are permitted of policy to police those premises and to maintain security within them. Similar arrangements do, of co to British bases in Germany.
In ensuring the security of American bases and, second point, in dealing wih intruders, the U authorities are bound by the relevant provisions Kingdom law. Although the Visiting Forces Act 19 address these specific issues, it does establish the k of visiting forces generally. S.8 has the effect of enab servicemen to be placed in the same position as counterparts, and this was done by the Visi (Application of Law) Order 1965. Generally speakin United States service personnel have the same pow Service personnel who, in the context of your enqui same position as the ordinary citizen. As such th same powers to deal with trespassers, including the reasonable force to remove them if they refuse to asked, and to arrest an individual for breach of the the Criminal Law Act 1967 a person also has a pc in respect of an arrestable offence and, dependi circumstances there may also be available powe Official Secrets Act byelaws made under the Milits 1892.
I hope this will be of help to you.
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