asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what efforts have been made by Her Majesty's Government to remove the illegal presence of Argentinian nationals from the South Sandwich Islands since 1978.

Her Majesty's Government have repeatedly protested to the Argentine Government, most recently at the Anglo-Argentine talks in New York in February 1982, about their illegal scientific station in Southern Thule. We have adhered to international law and the United Nations charter which requires disputes to be settled by peaceful means. Britain's legal position is fully protected.