§ Mr. Sproatasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he considers that it is contrary to the Helsinki agreement, whose signatories include both the British and Polish Governments, that Professor Wladislaw Bartoszewski was refused permission by the Polish authorities to travel to the United Kingdom to deliver a lecture last month; whether he will make representations that Professor Bartoszewski be allowed to travel to the United Kingdom in the autumn of the current year and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BlakerUnder the Helsinki Final Act, the signatory Governments undertook to facilitate and intensify academic exchanges. Our policy is to raise cases of this kind when we judge that this is appropriate and might be effective. We shall treat this case accordingly, but we do not normally reveal details of our representations.