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Falkland Islands

Volume 75: debated on Wednesday 13 March 1985

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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.

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.