HC Deb 11 March 1991 vol 187 cc358-9W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Yefim Rokhvarg, Iosef Roginsky and Evgeny Pisarevsky of Leningrad who have been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.

Mr. Garel-Jones

Mr. Pisarevsky's name was included in a list of cases brought to the attention of the Soviet authorities in advance of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's recent visit to Moscow. We shall take account of the cases of Mr. Rokhvarg and Mr. Roginsky in our future representations.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Vladimir Kodess, David Gurevich and Yuri Gindin of Leningrad, who have been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.

Mr. Garel-Jones

We can certainly raise these cases with the Soviet authorities, but in order to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Lev Lazarevich Kunin and Pavel Izakson of Moscow, who have been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.

Mr. Garel-Jones

Mr. Kunin's name was included in a list of cases brought to the attention of the Soviet authorities in advance of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's recent visit to Moscow. We shall take account of the case of Mr. Izakson in our future representations.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Vladimir Gorodetsky, who has been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.

Mr. Garel-Jones

We have now added Mr. Gorodetsky's name to the list of cases regularly brought to the attention of the Soviet authorities and will make firm representations in support of his application to leave the Soviet Union.

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