HC Deb 14 June 1989 vol 154 cc465-6W
25. Mr. Neale

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the middle east peace process.

32. Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the peace process in the middle east.

34. Mr. Adley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the middle east peace process following the visit of the Israeli Prime Minister to London.

Mr. Waldegrave

Mr. Shamir's election proposals are a step forward. It is now for the Israelis to develop them as part of a process leading to negotiations on the basis of land for peace, and for the PLO to respond constructively.

49. Mr. Hind

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about Soviet involvement in the middle east peace process.

Mr. Waldegrave

We welcome all efforts, including those of the Soviet Union, to build confidence between the parties to the Arab/Israel dispute and to prepare the way for negotiations. Improved Soviet/Israeli relations can contribute to this.

63. Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to meet Mr. Yasser Arafat to assist the peace process in the middle east.

Mr. Waldegrave

We are certainly ready for further meetings with the PLO when they can serve a useful purpose. But my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has no plans at present for a meeting with Mr. Arafat.

64. Sir Dennis Walters

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress towards peace in the middle east.

Mr. Waldegrave

Mr. Shamir's election proposals are a step forward. It is now for the Israelis to develop them as part of a process leading to negotiations on the basis of land for peace, and for the PLO to respond constructively.

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