asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether talks took place between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of Fiji before the recent constitutional conference regarding the proposals in the Government White Paper Cmnd. 7445 that citizens of Fiji should become permanent residents of the new State of Kiribati and should have one or two seats in the Kiribati House of Assembly with the right of veto over certain areas of Government legislation.

No. The decisions relating to Banaba and the Banabans were taken at the conference.