§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make representations to the Government of Czechoslovakia concerning their denial of human rights under the Helsinki Final Act in not allowing the family of Martina Navratilova to visit her.
§ Mr. LuardThe Government will continue to take every suitable opportunity to draw the attention of the Czechoslovak authorities to public concern in Britain at policies of the Czechoslovak Government which are at variance with the provisions of the CSCE Final Act. But Miss Navratilova has made no request for British Government intervention and neither she nor her family have any direct links with the United Kingdom. In these circumstances, it would not be appropriate for the Government specifically to raise her case.