HC Deb 28 July 1976 vol 916 cc289-90W
5. Mr. Steen

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what attitude Her Majesty's Government intend to take towards signatories of the Helsinki Agreement who appear to be in breach of its provisions; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Tomlinson

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on 7th July.—[Vol. 914, c. 565.]—The Government deplore all violations of the provisions of the Final Act, and will not be satisfied until all the provisions are being put into effect by all signatories. But a full assessment must wait until the 1977 Belgrade Review Conference.

18. Mr. Alan Lee Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is satisfied that the full spirit of the Helsinki Agreement is being respected by the USSR in respect of the free movement of peoples and ideas.

Mr. Tomlinson

No. As I said in answer to the Question by the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Mr. Steen) we shall not be satisfied until all the provisions of the Final Act are being put into effect by all the signatory States.

30. Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the latest progress in implementing the Helsinki Agreement.

Mr. Tomlinson

I believe that some progress is being made to bring existing practices into line with the provisions of the Final Act although, as I said in answer to an earlier Question today, a proper assessment must await the Belgrade Review Conference next year. The Government are carefully studying the various steps which are being taken by the signatories of the Final Act. The most recent development in the case of the Soviet Union has been the notification of a second Soviet military manoeuvre which was held in the Leningrad Military District from 14th to 18th June.

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