Falklands Conflict
Read through a range of Parliamentary resources to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict. Discover reports from the House of Commons and House of Lords and key debates in Hansard.
Map above taken from Falkland Islands Economic Study by Lord Shackleton. September 1982. Parliamentary Archives, S/474
Remembering the Conflict
House of Commons Hansard
- Debate 3 April 1982 - The announcement of the invasion to the House of Commons. This was a very rare occasion on which the House of Commons sat on a Saturday
- Debate 7 April 1982 - Announcement of and debate on the British response to the invasion
- Statement 26 April 1982 - Statement by the Prime Minister on the recapture of South Georgia
- Further Statement 4 May 1982 - Statement on the progress of the conflict, including an account of the sinking of the General Belgrano
- Statement 5 May 1982 - Statement on the damage to HMS Sheffield
- Statement 24 May 1982 - Statement by the Secretary of State for Defence on the progress of British efforts to recapture the Falkland Islands
- Announcement 14 June 1982 - Statement by the Prime Minister on the surrender of all the Argentine forces in East and West Falkland
- Statement 15 June 1982 - Statement by the Prime Minister on the surrender of all the Argentine forces in East and West Falkland
- Debate 14 April 1982
- Statement 19 April 1982
- Statement 21 April 1982
- Debate 29 April 1982
- Statement 4 May 1982
- Further Statement 5 May 1982
- Statement 7 May 1982
- Debate 13 May 1982
- Debate 20 May 1982
- Statement 26 May 1982
- Statement 10 June 1982
- Debate on Falkland Islands Review 8 July 1982
- Statement on the report of the Falkland Islands Review Committee
- Debate 25 January 1983
Exchanges at Ministerial Questions