HC Deb 21 October 1992 vol 212 c317W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations have been made to the Malawi Government about political and religious rights in that country.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We made representations with our EC partners reflecting these concerns in December 1991, March and April 1992. These issues were also addressed in bilateral discussions with Malawian Ministers in May and June this year. Further representations are currently being made to the Malawi Government urging them to respond positively to the call from the religious community and other bodies for democratic reform and to lift the ban on the Catholic bishops' pastoral letter.