§ 72. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will lodge a protest with the Soviet Embassy at the detention and assault of British citizens upon the embassy premises by embassy staff and the theft of property by the embassy staff which they allege to belong to demonstrators at the embassy.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleNo. As I suggested in my reply to a related question by the hon. Member for Hackney, Central (Mr. Clinton Davis) on 19th May, I cannot agree with the assumption on which this Question is based.—[Vol. 817, c. 314.]
§ 73. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why he made an apology to the Soviet Embassy following incidents involving embassy officials and British citizens without calling for a full inqury into the allegations that embassy staff assaulted persons seeking Soviet visas.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 18th May to a similar Question from the hon. Member for Hackney, Central (Mr. Clinton Davis.—[Vol. 817, c. 277.]