§ 1. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will discuss aspects of West Germany's East European policy with the West German Chancellor during his visit to London.
§ The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Michael Stewart)As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister told the House on 2nd December, 1969, his discussions with Herr Brandt will cover all the principal matters of interest to our two countries.—[Vol. 792, c. 258–9.]
§ Mrs. ShortWill my right hon. Friend make it clear beyond a shadow of doubt to our welcome visitor that we support his attempts to create a new policy towards Eastern Europe? Will he make it 2 clear that we, too, support recognition of the Oder-Neisse Line, and that we, too, want to see normalisation of the frontiers between the two Germanies in the interests of peace and security?
§ Mr. StewartAs regards frontiers, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 1st December. On the main issue, I have made it clear on a number of occasions, and make it clear again now, that we fully support the determined efforts of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany to get on good terms with his Eastern neighbours.