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Cyprus

Volume 714: debated on Monday 9 November 2009

Questions

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of settlers from mainland Greece who are resident in the south of Cyprus who took residence there (a) following 1974, and (b) since the referendum in 2004. [HL5963]

HMG has made no such assessment. However, the Republic of Cyprus's most recent census, undertaken in 2001, can be found on the internet at the website address at http://www.pio.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/805CB6E0CF012914C2257122003F3A84/$file/MAIN%20RESULTS-EN.xls?OpenElement.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the number of Turkish Cypriots living in Greek Southern Cyprus has fallen or increased in the past two years. [HL5996]

HMG has no knowledge of changes in the population of the Turkish Cypriot community in the south of Cyprus. However, the Republic of Cyprus's most recent census, undertaken in 2001, can be found on the internet at the website address at http://www.pio.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/805CB6E0CF012914C2257122003F3A84/$file/MAIN%20RESULTS-EN.xls?OpenElement.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed memorial to British people killed by Greek Cypriot terrorists will be located in (a) Greek Cypriot Southern Cyprus, (b) the United Nations Buffer Zone between Northern and Southern Cyprus, (c) a Sovereign Base Area, or (d) Turkish Cypriot Northern Cyprus; and when that memorial will be unveiled. [HL5999]

The British Cyprus Veterans Association has taken forward an independent initiative to commemorate the British service personnel who died during the EOKA campaign of the 1950s. The memorial is in Kyrenia, in Northern Cyprus, and will be unveiled on 8 November.