HC Deb 14 November 1984 vol 67 cc252-3W
38. Mr. Dykes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received any response from the Soviet authorities to representations he made earlier in the current year regarding individual cases of Soviet Jews who have been repeatedly refused permission to emigrate.

Mr. Rifkind

My right hon. and learned Friend has raised the question of human rights in the Soviet Union with Mr. Gromyko on three separate occasions this year and has specifically mentioned his concern at the plight of Soviet Jewry. Regrettably, there has been no response to these and to many other representations made to the Soviet Union about its failure to honour its obligations in the human rights field.