asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have received an application for a licence authorising the removal of the remains of the late General Sikorski; what decision they have reached; and if they will make a statement.

My right honourable friend has received an application for a licence to remove the remains of General Sikorski, with the suggestion that the removal should be linked with the anniversary of his death on 4th July. Under Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857, it is an offence, subject to exceptions, to remove any interred human remains without the licence of the Home Secretary and subject to such precautions as he may prescribe.My right honourable friend has given full and careful consideration to all the issues involved in this case. He is unconvinced at the present time that the relevant criteria for meeting the application have yet been satisfied. He does not therefore propose to grant a licence to enable the remains of General Sikorski to be returned to Poland by 4th July. The applicant and the Polish Government are being informed of this.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they are now in a position to make a statement on the implications of the judgment of the House of Lords in the case of

I am not yet in a position to add anything to the replies which were given to the noble Lord on 13th November 1980 and 23rd March this year.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will confirm that reports on atomic and biological weapons considered by the chiefs of staffs joint technical warfare committee in 1946 inferred "that the most profitable objects of attack by the new weapons will normally be concentrations of population" and that 58 Russian cities, representing 77.5 per cent. of the urban population, were listed, together with comparable cities in the United Kingdom and the USA; whether it was assumed that no effective method would be found by the United Nations to eliminate these weapons; and what was the response of the Ministry of Defence to these views.

It would not be possible, without disproportionate effort, to conduct the examination necessary in order to verify individual references in the Public Records Office to which a recent newspaper article referred in the terms quoted in the question.House adjourned at two minutes before ten o'clock.