HC Deb 13 June 1990 vol 174 cc256-7W
26. Mr. Siliars

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's current policy on German unification.

35. Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's current policy on German unification.

50. Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's current policy on German unification.

Mr. Waldegrave

We warmly welcome the prospect of German unification. We are working with the Foreign Ministers of the United States, France, Soviet Union, the two Germanies and others concerned, to settle the external aspects of German unification as soon as possible.

51. Mr. Favell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of the reunification of Germany on the United Kingdom's position within the European Community.

Mr. Maude

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend, East (Mr. Taylor) on 22 May. We welcome German unification as a positive factor for Europe and the Community.