§ Sir Trevor SkeetTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the USSR about contravention of human rights pursuant to the Helsinki and Vienna accords in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe have regularly and frequently pressed the Soviet Union to comply fully with its CSCE obligations. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs raised our continuing concerns about human rights in the Soviet Union with Mr. Shevardnadze when he was in London on 19 December. A senior official, Mr. David Ratford, visited the Soviet Union from 8 to 11 January for a full exchange with the Soviet authorities on all aspects of human rights issues.