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Falkland Islands

Volume 22: debated on Monday 19 April 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any persons normally resident in the United Kingdom but temporarily resident in the Falkland Islands as visitors or for some other purpose have not yet been evacuated from the Islands.

A number of United Kingdom residents temporarily in the Falkland Islands at the time of the invasion by Argentina have since left. The Government is not in a position to say how many are still on the islands.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report any formal statements made by the European Community and by its member States, other than the United Kingdom, on the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands.

All the member States of the European Community have supported the Government's position on the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and their dependencies. The European Commission, the Presidency in the name of the Foreign Ministers of all the member States, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and Greece have issued formal statements, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what notification he has received of actions taken by countries of the Commonwealth in support of Her Majesty's Government's decision to send the task force to the South Atlantic.

The majority of Commonwealth countries have issued statements condemning the use of force by Argentina and have called for an Argentine withdrawal from the Falkland Islands. Three members of the Commonwealth have taken practical measures against Argentina in order to help bring about her withdrawal.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the approximate resident population of the Falkland Islands for each decade, or other intervals for which the figures are conveniently available, during this century.

The population in the census years 1901–1980 is as follows:

YearPopulation
19012,043
19112,272
19212,094
19312,392
19462,239
19532,230
19622,172
19721,957
19801,813