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Written Answers
21 NOVEMBER 1986
OREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
United Nations Association
Mr. Deakins asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the grant to the United Nations Association in each of the past seven years; if the grant has kept pace with inflation; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar: We have regularly given a grant-in-aid to the United Nations Association. For the past seven years the grants have been:
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1980-81
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1981-82
23.000
1982-83
24.000
1983-84
24.000
1984-85
24.000
1985-86
24,000
1986-87
24.000
Single European Act
Mr. J. Enoch Powell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have now ratified the Single European Act; and what information he has as to the state procedures to that end have reached in the countries which have not yet ratified.
Mrs. Chalker: The United Kingdom deposited its instrument of ratification on 19 November. Denmark and Belgium have also ratified. All other member states have taken steps to complete their ratification procedures by the end of the year, as agreed.
Drugs Officers
Sir Bernard Braine asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in securing the agreement of the Government of India to the posting of British drugs officers to Delhi and Bombay; and whether he will indicate the ways in which necessary co-operation between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of India with regard to drug traffickers is now proceeding.
Mr. Eggar: The Indian Government have informed us that the postings of drugs liaison officers to Delhi and Bombay can now take place; and they will do so as soon as the officers concerned have completed their personal arrangements. We welcome this development.
Mr. J. Rajiah
Mr. Hunter asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what practical help has been given by his Department and by British consular staff in Spain to Sri Lankan authorities following the death in Spain at the hands of the Spanish police of Mr. J. Rajiah, a constituent of the hon. Member for Basingstoke;
(2) what assistance has been offered by his Department and by British consular staff in Spain to Sri Lankan authorities following the death in Spain at the hands of Spanish police of Mr. J. Rajiah, a constituent of the hon. Member for Basingstoke;
(3) what representations have been made to the Spanish authorities on the shooting in Spain by Spanish police on
Wednesday 29 October of Mr. J. Rapah, a constituent of the hon. Member for Basingstoke: and if he will make a
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Mr. Eggar: The British Consul at Seville was in touch with Mr. Rajiah's employers the Automobile Association from the time of the incident. He provided assistance with local authorities investigating the death and helped Miss Rajiah to leave Spain under arrangements made by the employers.
Mr. Rajjah was a citizen of Sri Lanka travelling on a Sri Lankan passport. The Sri Lankan High Commission in London was therefore informed of the incident and that on their behalf Her Majesty's Embassy at Madrid had requested from the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs a report from the relevant authorities. The Sri Lankan High Commission was appreciative of the assistance given and has not asked for further assistance.
Hong Kong
Mr. Gregory asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to publish the annual report to Parliament on Hong Kong.
Mr. Renton: The second annual report will be published as a White Paper in the miscellaneous series. It will cover the period from November 1985, the end of the period covered by the first report, to the end of this year. It is hoped to lay it before the House early in 1987. In the future, reports will cover calendar years.
Chile
Mr. Patrick Thompson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights record of the Chilean Government; and how Her Majesty's Government intend to vote on the World Bank structural adjustment loan for Chile.
Mr. Eggar: No one should doubt our continuing concern over human rights abuses in Chile. We frequently made clear to the Chilean Government, both bilaterally, in concert with our EC partners. and in the United Nations, our view that human rights there must be restored and fully respected. Our concerns were expressed most recently before the General Assembly on 18 November.
We voted on 20 November in favour of the approval of the structural adjustment loan for Chile; but this was simply and solely in accordance with our established policy of voting on such loans on the basis of technical criteria and with the World Bank's articles of agreement which require it to take decisions exclusively on the basis of economic considerations. Her Majesty's Ambassador has simultaneously made clear to the Chilean Government that our concerns over their human rights record are in no way diminished.
NORTHERN IRELAND
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