HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 cc1827-8W
Mr. Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations the UK has made to the(a) US Administration and (b) United Nations on lifting the US trade embargo against Cuba. [189495]

Mr. Rammell

The UK's policy on Cuba, and its position on the embargo, is well understood by the US Administration. We—and our EIJ partners—believe in constructive engagement and dialogue with the Cuban authorities, and we make our objections against the US embargo known every year at the United Nations General Assembly. On 4 November 2003, we again voted to adopt the resolution on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the USA against Cuba.