asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the present position of the negotiations regarding the future of Cyprus.

We very much hope that, following the initiative described in my reply to the hon. Member for Cambridge on 22nd November—[Vol. 958, c. 609–11—early agreement can be reached with the two Cyprus communities on a basis for the resumption of intercommunal negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.