Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot, Conservative)

In the spirit in which you have invited us to continue, Mr. Cook, let me say that on Tuesday the Minister was very good to acknowledge that my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate had raised several important issues. He recognises that this is an extremely important Bill.

We are particularly concerned because of the international ramifications for our service men. We are disappointed that the Committee will not have more opportunity to scrutinise the Bill than was laid out in the programme motion. I support the contention advanced by my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) in her remarks about clause 2. I am concerned that there is no reference in the statute of Rome to reconciliation.

The hon. Member for Ilford, South (Mr. Gapes)—I am sorry to see that he is not in his place—referred to Chile before we adjourned this morning. I challenged his interpretation of events that took place there. For the record, I should like to refer to what has happened in Chile subsequently by quoting the former Chilean president, Eduardo Frei, who said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC published on 10 October 1973:

``People cannot imagine in Europe how ruined Chile under Allende was. They don't know what happened . . . The Marxists, with the knowledge and approval of Salvador Allende, had brought into Chile innumerable arsenals of weapons which they kept in private houses, offices, factories, warehouses. The world doesn't know that the Chilean Marxists''—

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