§ 11. Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Under-Secretary of State raised with the Soviet authorities during his visit to Moscow in April the cases of Vladimir Slepak, Alexander Lerner and other distinguished Soviet Jewish scientists who have been repeatedly refused permission to leave the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. RifkindDuring my recent talks in Moscow with the Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Kornienko, I made clear the strength of British concern over the Soviet human rights performance, including the plight of Soviet Jewry. I raised the cases of several "refuseniks", although not the two mentioned by the hon. Member.
§ 37. Mr. Blackburnasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, during the recent talks of the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind) with the Soviet authorities in Moscow, he had the opportunity to raise the cases of Mr. Yosef Begum and others of his religion who are prevented from exercising their religious and cultural rights in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. RifkindI raised the plight of Mr. Begum and other Soviet Jews during my recent talks in Moscow with the Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
§ 44. Rev. Martin Smythasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Under-Secretary of State raised the issue of Soviet human rights violations during his recent talks with the Soviet Government in Moscow.
§ Mr. RifkindI refer the hon. Member to the answer given earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury).