§ Mr. LeadbitterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy not to sanction further European Economic Community contacts with President Assad's regime in Syria so long as human rights abuses, as high-lighted by the recent Amnesty International report, persist.
§ Mr. MellorWe are studying the Amnesty International report carefully and drawing the attention of our partners in the Twelve to the very serious allegations in it.