asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government have recently taken as a Co-Chairman of the 1962 Geneva Agreement guaranteeing the neutrality and integrity of Laos.

We have recently circulated to the other signatory Governments of the 1962 Geneva Agreement a letter from the Prime Minister of Laos protesting at North Vietnamese military aggression in his country. We were obliged to do this unilaterally because the Soviet Co-Chairman would not agree to joint circulation.

Will my hon. Friend bear in mind that North Vietnamese troops who are found in Cambodia must be using Laos to get there, and, as there is no local support for them in Cambodia, would he use that as an additional reason for continuing his good work?

I agree with my hon. Friend's comment. We have said in our covering note that Her Majesty's Government consider that the activities of North Vietnamese troops in Laos constitute a flagrant violation of Laotian neutrality and of the 1962 Geneva Agreement.