HC Deb 24 July 1985 vol 83 c580W
14. Mr. Pike

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any new commitments relating to the implementation of the human rights provisions of the Helsinki final act were given by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the recent conference on security and co-operation in Europe, in Ottowa.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

The meeting was unable to agree any conclusions or recommendations. Accordingly the Soviet Union gave no new human rights commitments. Its attitude at Ottawa gave no reason for hope that its policies were about to change for the better.