HC Deb 30 November 1988 vol 142 cc304-5W
95. Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in implementing the cultural agreement negotiated with the Soviet Union in 1987.

Mr. Waldegrave

Since the memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed in 1987, there has been a considerable increase in the number of bilateral exchanges, both official and unofficial, in the educational, cultural and information fields. A number of protocols have also been signed, for example, on school exchanges and broadcasting, specifically implementing provisions in the MOU.

The first two in the series of annual Anglo-Soviet lectures by distinguished figures have taken place. A Soviet week was held in Birmingham in October this year and a British week is planned in Kiev in 1990.