HC Deb 15 October 1990 vol 177 cc749-50W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Russians on behalf of Leonid Belopolsky of Kiev and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

We can certainly raise the case of Leonid Belopolsky and his family with the Soviet authorities, but in order to make our representations as effective as possible we shall need further details.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Russians on behalf of Anatoly Butov of Bendery and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

We can certainly raise the case of Anatoly Butov and his family with the Soviet authorities, but in order to make our representations as effective as possible we shall need further details.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Russians on behalf of Alexander Borodyansky of Kiev and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

We have made numerous representations to the Soviet authorites about this case, most recently during the CSCE conference on the human dimension in Copenhagen in June. We shall continue to press until it is satisfactorily resolved.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Boris Zolotarevsky and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

These cases have now been added to the list of those on which we make regular representations to the Soviet authorities. We shall not let up until there is a satisfactory outcome.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Irina Voronkevich, a pensioner from Moscow, in her efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

We have raised the case of Mrs Voronkevich with the Soviet authorities on a number of occasions. I understand that she has recently been granted permission to visit her family in Israel, she has not yet been given permission to emigrate.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Liev Frenklakh and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(2) representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Rosa Frelikh and her family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(3) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Leonid Chulsky of Moscow and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(4) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Anatoly Brenner of Moscow and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(5) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Raisa Tarasova of Moscow and her family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

Mr. Waldegrave

We can certainly raise these cases with the Soviet authorities, but in order to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Vladimir Tsivkin of Leningrad and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

Mr. Waldegrave

We raised Mr Tsivkin's case on a number of occasions with the Soviet authorities. I understand that he has now left Leningrad to join his wife and daughter in the United States.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Lev Milman and Lia Krichman and their family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(2) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Boris Tsireleson and his mother Esther in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(3) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Anatoly Gennis and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(4) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Irina Sokolova and Mikhail Lidsky and their family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(5) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Roman Bekker of Lvov and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa;

(6) what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Evgeny Pizarevsky of Leningrad and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

These cases are all among those on which we regularly press the Soviet authorities, most recently when my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs visited the Soviet Union from 11–14 September. We shall not let up until there is a satisfactory outcome.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Soviet Union on behalf of Emil Kunin and his family in their efforts to obtain an exit visa.

Mr. Waldegrave

These cases have now been added to the list of those on which we make regular representations to the Soviet authorities. We shall not let up until there is a satisfactory outcome.