HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 cc588-9W
51. Mr. Yeo

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about relations with Argentina.

60. Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the prospects for Anglo-Argentine relations in the light of Her Majesty's Government's decision to re-open trade with Argentina.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

I refer my hon. Friend and the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Sir J. Biggs-Davison).

56. Mr. Penhaligon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now seek to renew diplomatic relations with Argentina.

71. Mr. Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now seek to renew diplomatic relations with Argentina.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

We have taken a number of initiatives with the objective of restoring more normal relations with Argentina. Argentina has so far failed to respond constructively. We believe that practical measures of benefit to both sides offer the best way of improving relations.

63. Sir David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made as to when normal trading and diplomatic relations will be restored between the United Kingdom and the Argentine.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

I refer my hon. Friend to the replies I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Sir J. Biggs-Davison) and to the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Penhaligon).