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San Franciso : residence

San Jose : residence

Santiago : residence, six staff houses

Sao Paulo : residence

Seattle : residence

Seoul : compound, one staff house

Singapore : residence, one staff house

Sofia : residence

Stockholm : office, residence, two staff houses

Strasbourg : residence, one staff house

Suva : office

Sydney : residence, two staff houses

Tehran : compounds

Tel-Aviv : office, residence, nine staff houses

Toronto : residence, one staff house

Tunis : office, residence

Valletta : one staff house

Vancouver : residence

Victoria : residence

Vienna : office, residence, two staff houses

Vientiane : residence, six staff houses

Vilnius : compound

Warsaw : one staff house

Washington : office, residence, 25 staff houses

Wellington : offices, residence, 16 staff houses

Windhoek : office, residence, five staff houses

Zurich : residence

Libya

Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has had from the Arab League about proposals for reviewing UN sanctions against Libya.

Mr. Douglas Hogg : We have received no such representations about the forthcoming sanctions review.

Nigeria

Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy towards Nigeria in the light of the failure of the military government to transfer power to democratically elected political leadership.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 1 July at column 589.

Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Nigerian authorities about the detention without charges of the author Mr. Ken Saro- Wiwa.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are extremely concerned by the detention of Mr. Saro-Wiwa on charges of sedition and treason, and by reports that he has been denied proper medical treatment. The detention of Mr. Saro-Wiwa is only one of a number of recent detentions of civil and human rights activists by the Nigerian military authorities. These arrests have been carried out under military decrees. This is one of the reasons why we attach so much importance to the military handing over power to democratic civilian rule by 27 August.

Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Nigeria about their decision to hold fresh elections on 31 July.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The new national electoral commission has proposed the holding of fresh elections on

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14 August. We have repeatedly made clear our wish to see a transfer to a democratic civilian administration by 27 August.

Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has received from the high commission in Nigeria about the outbreak of violence since the election ; and what measures he is taking to ensure the safety of United Kingdom citizens in Nigeria.

Mr. Lennox Boyd : Our high commission reported widespread unrest and disorder in south-west Nigeria in late June and early July, from which a number of deaths resulted. We deeply regret the loss of life and very much hope that the current political crisis can be resolved without further bloodshed.

The British community in Nigeria has been advised, through the warden system, to exercise caution, and that residents without essential business, especially dependants, should consider advancing their summer leave plans and postponing school children's holiday visits to Nigeria.

Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take action with other countries and with international organisations including the World bank and the International Monetary Fund to encourage General Babangida to implement the democratically expressed wish of the Nigerian people.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Throughout the current political crisis in Nigeria, caused by the annulment of the 12 June election results by the federal military Government, we have consulted closely with our partners and allies. The European Council and the United States have issued statements expressing their concern at the cancellation of the elections and the hope that the transition to democratic civilian rule will take place by 27 August, and have announced measures aimed at the Nigerian military similar to those taken by the United Kingdom on 24 June. The Commonwealth Secretary General and many other countries have also issued similar statements of concern, including Japan, Russia, Australia, Norway and Canada.

Freehold Land

Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list all the land overseas which is owned by the Government for non-military purposes, giving the number of hectares ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Goodlad : The Foreign and Commonwealth Office own freehold land at the 144 diplomatic Posts overseas, listed as follows.

The total land area of the compounds, office sites and residence sites in this list is about 240 hectares. The land area of the staff houses listed is not readily available, but is estimated to be of the order of 40 hectares. The balance of the land occupied by diplomatic posts overseas is held on various leasehold or condominium terms. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office keep the overseas estate under continuous review and rationalise its land holdings, and dispose of any surplus land, where it is practicable, necessary and cost-effective to do so.

Abu Dhabi : compound

Addis Ababa : compound

Alexandria : compound

Algiers : Residence

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Amman : office, Residence, 1 staff house

Amsterdam : office, Residence

Ankara : compound

Asuncion : Residence

Athens : office, Residence, 2 staff houses

Atlanta : Residence, 1 staff house

Auckland : Residence, 2 staff houses

Baghdad : compound

Bahrain : compound

Bangkok : compound

Banjul : Residence

Belgrade : office, 1 staff house

Belmopan : office, Residence, 3 staff houses

Berlin : site

Berne : office

Bogota : Residence

Bonn : office, Residence, 2 staff houses

Bordeaux : Residence

Boston : Residence

Brasilia : compound, 7 houses

Bridgetown : Residence, 4 staff houses

Brisbane : Residence, 1 staff house

Brussels : Residences, 15 staff houses

Bucharest : office

Budapest : Residence, 1 staff house

Buenos Aires : office, Residence, 2 staff houses

Cairo : compound, 5 staff houses

Calcutta : compound

Cape Town : Residence, 8 staff houses

Caracas : Residence

Casablanca : site

Castries : Residence

Chicago : 2 staff houses

Cleveland : Residence

Colombo : office, 2 staff houses

Copenhagen : Residence, 13 staff houses

Dakar : compound, 2 staff houses

Damascus : site, Residence

Dar es Salaam : Residence, 28 staff houses

Doha : compound

Dubai : compound

Dublin : office, Residence, 14 staff houses

Durban : Residence

Edmonton : Residence

Gaborone : office, Residence, 8 staff houses

Geneva : Residence, 3 staff houses

Georgetown : office, 2 staff houses

Guatemala City : Residence

The Hague : office, Residence, 10 staff houses

Harare : Residence, 13 staff houses

Helsinki : office, Residence, 4 staff houses

Ho Chi Minh City : office, Residence

Houston : Residence, 1 staff house

Istanbul : compound site

Jerusalem : compound

Johannesburg : Residence, 9 staff houses

Kabul : compound

Kampala : 11 staff houses

Karachi : compound

Kathmandu : compound

Khartoum : office, Residence

Kingston : compound, 6 staff houses

Kingstown : office, Residence

Kinshasa : compound, Residence

Kuala Lumpur : compound, Residence, 4 staff houses

Kuwait : compound

La Paz : office, Residence

Lille : Residence

Lilongwe : office, Residence, 22 staff houses

Lima : Residence, 1 staff house

Lisbon : office, Residence, 3 staff houses

Los Angeles : Residence, 1 staff house

Luanda : compound

Lusaka : Residence, 23 staff houses

Luxembourg : Residence

Lyons : Residence

Madras : compound

Madrid : office, Residence, 18 staff houses

Manila : Residence

Maputo : office, Residence, 2 staff houses

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