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Canlyniadau 101–120 o 1403 ar gyfer speaker:Mr Humphrey Atkins

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: It is not our business to lecture the Falkland Islanders; it is our business to sustain them.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: No. The 12 or so Argentinian contractors who landed illegally in South Georgia are still there.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: I should certainly hope so. I remind the hon. Gentleman that the President of the Security Council has already called on Britain and Argentina to refrain from the use of force. If force is used, I am sure that the Security Council will maintain its position.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: I am sure that my hon. Friend is right on both counts.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: As my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office told the House when he made a statement a few days ago, we shall sustain and defend the Falkland Islands to the best of our ability.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: I repeat our undertaking that we shall sustain and defend the Falkland Islands to the best of our ability. As for the ease of any invasion, I do not think that it would be found to be at all easy.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: No invasion has taken place. The Government of Argentina have been called on by the Security Council to desist from the use or threat of force. It is our hope that they will heed the appeals made to them from all over the world.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: That proposition does not arise at the moment. The British Government have no intention of having a referendum.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: A great part of the Shackleton report has been implemented, but I take note of what my right hon. Friend has said.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: As I told the House, we have already been to the Security Council. If the position worsens, we shall go again immediately.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: I do not think that the Government, or anyone else, can take any action better than to the best of our ability. That is what we shall do.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: I do not think that it is possible to say exactly how this situation was planned to develop by the Argentine Government. But the problem that we are discussing today has nothing to do with the presence of 12 scrap merchants. The House is anxious about the possibility of an invasion of Port Stanley.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: As I said, we shall go to the Security Council; we shall seek to get the support of the Security Council. But we shall be taking the appropriate action ourselves at the same time.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: The threat to the Falkland Islands has existed for at least 15 years from a country which is a great deal closer to them than we are. Successive Governments have taken what they believed to be the appropriate steps to defend the Falkland Islands. We shall do the same.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: No, Sir. The governor has been kept fully in touch by the Government with all the developments. It is now about three-quarters of an hour ago that we were in touch with him. No troops had landed at that time.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: There is no doubt under international law who has sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. As the House knows, everyone living on the Falkland Islands, with virtually no exception, wishes that position to be maintained. I shall of course look at what my predecessor said in April 1980.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: My hon. Friend is right. It is necessary continually to impress upon the rest of the world the wishes of the people of the Falkland Islands, and we shall do that. I take note of what my hon. Friend said about the BBC's external services. From what I have heard of them in recent days and before that, they give a very fair and balanced picture of the world scene.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: Yes, Sir. The links that we have currently with the Falkland Islands are very good. I repeat that we were in touch with the governor direct only about 50 minutes ago.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: No, Sir, it does not. The consequence of our recourse to the Security Council last night was that the President of the Security Council called on Argentina as well as us to abandon the threat of use of force. That is a beneficial consequence, and we hope that the Argentine Government will pay attention to it.

Orders of the Day — Supply of Goods and Services Bill: Falkland Islands ( 2 Ebr 1982)

Mr Humphrey Atkins: Our ambassador has been constantly in touch with the Argentine Government over the past few days and weeks. Unfortunately, they have rejected every suggestion that we have put forward for taking the matter forward by diplomatic means. The fact that our ambassador is not in touch with the Argentine Government at the moment is because they will not see him. We have no immediate plans to change...

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