§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Prime Minister whether, from time to time, he will make further visits to the USSR with a view to the promotion of increased trading, cultural and technological contact, the improvement of financial arrangements for Anglo-Soviet commerce and the promotion of such British exports as civil aero engines like the RB211.
§ The Prime MinisterThe joint statement and the protocol on consultations which I signed in Moscow with Mr. Brezhnev provide for regular exchanges of visits between Britain and the Soviet Union at all levels. I had the objectives which the hon. Member mentions in his Question very much in mind when I was in Moscow and, as the hon. Member will have seen from the documents published after my visit, I was able to make progress on these issues. I would hope to make further progress in these fields on similar occasions in the future.