HC Deb 24 October 1983 vol 47 c2W
Mr. Parry

asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on her recent meeting with the President of the United States of America.

The Prime Minister

I had talks with President Reagan and senior members of his Administration in Washington on 29 September. We discussed a number of major international issues including East-West relations and arms control questions, the Middle East, including the situation in Lebanon, as well as the problems in Central America and matters relating to the Falkland Islands. We also discussed economic questions and I raised the concern felt in the United Kingdom about such issues as unitary taxation.

Mr. Spearing

asked the Prime Minister which Ministers accompanied her on her official visit to Canada and the United States of America, and during which portions of her visit.

The Prime Minister

No British Ministers accornpanied me on my recent visit to Canada and the United States. However, my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary, who was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, came to Washington on 29 September to attend a working lunch given for me by President Reagan and to hold separate talks with the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Shultz.