HC Deb 22 November 1976 vol 919 c913W
Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why he authorised the British Ambassador to Poland to be present when Mr. Ron Hayward, General Secretary of the Labour Party, met Mr. Gierek, the First Secretary of the Polish Communist Party Central Committee, as part of the development of bilateral relations between the Labour Party and the Polish Communist Party.

Mr. Tomlinson

It is customary for Her Majesty's ambassadors to accompany distinguished British visitors on their calls on leading figures in foreign countries when the visitors wish them to do so.

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