§ 41. Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current state of Anglo-Soviet relations in the light of the recent visit to the Soviet Union by a parliamentary delegation from the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RentonMy right hon. and noble Friend the Lord President of the Council and the hon. Members of the parliamentary delegation which recently visited the Soviet Union had important meetings with Mr. Gorbachev and other Soviet officials including the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Mr. Gromyko, the Chairman of the State Agricultural Committee, Mr. Murakhovsky, and the Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. Aristov. Parliamentary exchanges of this sort contribute to the gradual building of confidence between the two countries. This is the Government's aim.