HC Deb 17 December 1993 vol 234 cc955-6W
Mr. Winnick

To ask the Prime Minister if it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to encourage South Africa under a majority Government to join the Commonwealth.

The Prime Minister

While it will be for the new democratically elected Government in South Africa to decide on whether it should seek to return to the Commonwealth, Her Majesty's Government and their Commonwealth partners look forward to welcoming a non-racial and democratic South Africa back into the association at the earliest opportunity.