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Cyprus

Mr. Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the United States Government on joint policies which could lead to a settlement in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Davis: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs last discussed Cyprus in detail with the United States Secretary of State when he was in Washington on 22 June 1994. We are in regular contact with the US Administration over Cyprus at official level, most recently with Mr. Williams, the US special co- ordinator for Cyprus, on 22 February. We are also active in support of the UN Secretary-General's search for a settlement of the Cyprus problem.

Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts)

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by Her Majesty's

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Government to the Bangledeshi Government concerning the Chittagong hill tracts.

Mr. Baldry: We regularly discuss the Chittagong hill tracts with the Bangladesh authorities. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs raised this issue when he saw the Bangladesh Foreign Minister in Dhaka in January.

Ian Greer Associates

Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what items of correspondence were received by Ministers in his

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Department from Messrs Ian Greer Associates in the last month.

Mr. Baldry: None.

UN Obscene Publications Agreement

Mrs. Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which were the last five years in which a report was made to the United Nations under the provisions of the 1910 agreement for the suppression of the circulation of obscene publications; if he will place copies of those reports in the Library; if he will summarise the main provisions of the agreement; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg: This information is not readily available. I will arrange for further research and write to the hon. Member shortly.

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