To ask the Prime Minister if she intends to make an appeal herself to the State President of South Africa to reprieve the Sharpeville Six; and if she will make a statement.

It would be premature to consider intervening again with the South African Government before the legal processes are exhausted.However, as was made clear in the chairman's summary of discussions on South Africa at the Toronto summit on 20 June, we continue to urge that all legal options available in South Africa should be used to secure clemency for the Six.