HC Deb 25 March 1980 vol 981 cc539-40W
Mr. Richard Page

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Lord Privy Seal what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sanctions have been taken or are intended by his Department to register disapproval of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

Mr. Hurd

I have been asked to reply.

I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend's statement in the House on 24 January—[Vol 977, c. 655–60]—in which he listed the Government's measures. Since then, the Government have continued consultations with our partners on export credit to the Soviet Union and tightening the existing restrictions on the transfer of sensitive technology. We have maintained our pressure in the European Community for the abolition of subsidised sales of agricultural products in addition to the restriction on sales of grain.

We have maintained our policy on high-level and ministerial contacts, and have cancelled or postponed particular events which might give a public impression of condoning the Soviet aggression.