§ 36. Mr. AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the further progress required of the Soviet Union towards implementing its human rights commitment for United Kingdom attendance at the proposed Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe human rights conference in Moscow in September 1991 to take place.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWhile there have been significant improvements in Soviet human rights performance, many individual cases remain unresolved, and most of the expected new legislation is still unpublished. There is still much to be done before our well-known conditions for attendance are met. The refusal of a visa recently to the Reverend Michael Bordeaux was not a good omen.