HC Deb 18 June 1986 vol 99 c564W
33. Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to discuss with his Soviet counterpart the question of increasing trade between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Clark

My right hon. Friend hopes to meet the Soviet Minister for Foreign Trade, Mr. Aristov, in October if he comes, as invited, to the 70th Anniversary of the British-Soviet chamber of commerce. In any case, I would expect to hold discussions about increasing trade with the USSR with Mr. Aristov at the next session of the Joint Commission in 1987.