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Dr. Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to equate the Argentinian and British military notification
zones.
Mr. Sainsbury: The notification zones specified in the interim reciprocal information and consultation system (IRICS) agreed with Argentina in Madrid in February are part of a comprehensive and balanced package of reciprocal measures.
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As I said in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham (Mr. Arnold) on 16 February, this series of measures is intended to increase confidence in the region.
Dr. Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will extend the Falkland Islands fisheries conservation zone;
(2) if he will extend the Falklands Islands territorial fishery zone to 200 miles on the same basis as that applied to the coastal waters of Argentina.
Mr. Sainsbury: We have no present plans to extend the Falkland Islands interim conservation and management zone (FICZ).
Dr. Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will discuss with representatives of the residents of the Falkland Islands their view on the possibility of incorporating the Falkland Islands into the United Kingdom.
Mr. Sainsbury: The elected councillors have not expressed any wish that incorporation of the islands into the United Kingdom be considered.
Dr. Woodcock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the measures being undertaken to preserve fish stocks in the waters surrounding South Georgia.
Mr. Sainsbury: Fishing in the waters surrounding South Georgia is controlled by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), of which the United Kingdom is a member. The current conservation measures imposed by CCAMLR
are:
(a) Chaenocephalus aceratus-no direct fishing allowed Pseudochaenichthys georgianus-no direct fishing
allowed
Notothenia squamifrons—no direct fishing allowed (b) Notothenia gibberifrons-no direct fishing allowed,
total allowed by-catch 300 tonnes
(c) Dissostichus eleginoidesno specific measures, but agreement that there will be no increase in fishing in 1990 over 1989.
(d) Champsocephalus gunnari-Total Allowable Catch
(TAC) of 8,000 tonnes
(e) Patagonotothen brevicauda guntheri-TAC_of
12,000 tonnes
In addition, commercial fishing is not allowed within the 12-mile territorial sea.
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Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial help the Government is giving to Israel; and if he will make a
statement.
Mr. Maude: We do not give any aid to the Government of Israel...
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations the Government have made to the Israeli Government concerning its involvement in Palestine.
Mr. Maude: We frequently remind the Israeli Government of our view that there is an urgent need for negotiation with the Palestinians towards a
peace settlement and that, pending this, it is the responsibility of the Israelis to administer the occupied territories in accordance with their obligations and with international law.
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to visit Israel to discuss its involvement in Palestine: and if he will make
a statement.
Mr. Maude: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has at present no plans to visit Israel.
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has received from hon, and right hon. Members and members of the public concerning Israeli involvement in Palestine.
Mr. Maude: We receive numerous representations about the Palestinian question and Israel's administration of the occupied territories.
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Mr. Stanbrook: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the current position of present and retired expatriate members of Her Majesty's overseas civil service in Hong Kong and their eligibility for pensions based on the pound sterling equivalent at the time of retirement, in view of the recent fluctuations in the pound sterling equivalent of the Hong Kong dollar.
Mr. Maude: All pensionable civil servants employed by the Hong Kong Government receive their pensions in Hong Kong dollars. There are no plans to change this arrangement. The Hong Kong dollar is linked to the United States dollar.
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