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Mr. Caborn
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether South Africa is still being used as a staging post for personnel involved in the construction of the airport on the Falkland Islands.
Mr. Renton
The management of the Mount Pleasant project is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. I understand that the contractors continue to use Cape Town as a staging post; this is a purely commercial arrangement.