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Mr. Ellicht

CHINA:

PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST

HOUSE OF COMMONS

MPS WHO TAKE A REGULAR INTEREST IN CHINA

Mr Edward Heath MP (C)

Regular visitor;

close

contact with Chinese

leadership.

Mr Robert Adley MP (C)

Mr Laurence Pavitt MP (La)

Mr Andrew Faulds MP (La)

Mr Hal Miller MP (La)

Mr Ray Whitney MP (C)

Sir Patrick Wall MP (C)

Mr John Page MP (C)

Chairman British-Chinese Parliamentary Group. Member IPU delegation to China 1982.

Vice-Chairman, British-Chinese Parliamentary Group.

Secretary, British-Chinese Parliamentary Group. Member IPU delegation to China 1982.

Treasurer, British-Chinese Parliamentary Group

Member IPU delegation to China 1982. Ex-FCO Peking

Member Joint Committee on Defence which visited China 1982. Sympathies pro-Taiwan. Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Group (informal)..

Visited China in 1979

MPS WHO TAKE AN OCCASIONAL INTEREST IN CHINA

Mr Harvey Proctor MP (C)

Rt Hon Edward du Cann MP (C)

Rt Hon Arthur Bottomley MP (La)

Rt Hon Frederick Willey MP (La)

Rt Hon Dr John Gilbert MP (La)

Mr Bruce George MP (La)

Mr Michael Marshall MP (C)

Interest in Anglo-Chinese trade. Possible pro-Taiwan sympathiser.

Leader of IPU delegation to China 1982. Anglo-Taiwan Parliamentary Group (informal)

Deputy Leader IPU delegation to China 1982

Member IPU delegation to China 1982

Member Select Committee on Defence which visited China 1982

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