§ Q16. Mr. HunterTo ask the Prime Minister if she will make a further statement on the current political situation in South Africa.
§ The Prime MinisterPresident de Klerk has taken fundamental decisions which have gone further in the direction of ending apartheid than those taken by any previous Government. The way is open to peaceful negotiations with the ANC and with those who represent other groupings in South Africa to work out a new democratic constitution, which, as President de Klerk has said, must have the support of the majority of South Africans.
§ Q59. Dr. GodmanTo ask the Prime Minister if she has held recent discussions with(a) Chancellor Kohl and (b) other European Community state leaders concerning current relations between the nations of the European Community and the Republic of South Africa and the possibility of Community aid for political parties in South Africa.
§ The Prime MinisterI last discussed South Africa with my European Community colleagues at the Strasbourg European Council on 8–9 December 1989.
107WMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs raised the question of aid to political parties in South Africa with his Community colleagues in Dublin on 20 February. They welcomed this suggestion and agreed to consider how such a programme might be organised.
§ Q76. Mr. Harry EwingTo ask the Prime Minister if she has any plans to make an official visit to South Africa.
§ The Prime MinisterI have no present plans to do so.