HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 c13W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the issue of German reunification; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maude

It has been the belief of successive British Governments that real and permanent stability in Europe will not be achieved so long as the German nation is divided against its will. As a first step, the people of East Germany should have the right to hold free elections and to self-determination.

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