South Africa

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 February 1986.

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Photo of Mr Hugh Dykes Mr Hugh Dykes , Harrow East 12:00, 5 February 1986

Although I welcome my hon. Friend's reference to the farce of all those trials and her call on behalf of the Government for them to be dropped, may I ask whether she agrees that the UDF, the ANC and other representatives of the black majority are gaining increasing support? Does she further agree that middle-class blacks are becoming increasingly radical and revolutionary because of the absurd oduracy of the South African Government?

What is my hon. Friend's reaction to the latest laughable suggestions by the State President on the exchange of prisoners and on so-called reforms? Will the Government make it clear to the South African Government that until the whole rotten system of apartheid is dismantled there will be no basic justice in that country?