HC Deb 21 May 1985 vol 79 cc377-8W
Q67. Mr. Latham

asked the Prime Minister what action is being taken by Her Majesty's Government, in diplomatic negotiations with the Soviet Union, to assist emigration by Soviet Jews to Israel.

The Prime Minister

Both I and my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary raised these questions with Mr. Gorbachev last December. The Conference of Security and Co-operation in Europe experts' meeting on human rights which opened in Ottawa on 7 May and the meeting on human contacts in Berne next year will provide further opportunities to press the Soviet Union to fulfil their Helsinki commitments on family reunification.

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