HC Deb 18 November 1987 vol 122 c600W
92. Dr. Blackburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will raise again with the Soviet Foreign Minister the question of the reunification of divided families and of particular cases of hardship, including that of the Kholmiansky family.

Mr. Mellor

We regularly make representations to the Soviet authorities on behalf of divided Soviet families and continue to raise cases like that of the Kholmianskys at every suitable opportunity. My right hon. and learned Friend will have such issues much in mind when he next meets Mr. Shevardnadze.

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