§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the present situation of Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Christina Whitecross, British subjects in custody in Argentina, including details of the circumstances of their arrest and the access provided for Her Majesty's representatives in Argentina to them.
§ Mr. RowlandsMr. Whitecross and his Argentinian wife have been detained without charge since 24th November in Buenos Aires under emergency regulations. They are alleged to have aided Chilean extremist refugees. They have, as entitled under the Argentine Constitution, petitioned for expulsion and we are urging the Argentinian authorities to grant their requests speedily.
We have regular consular access to Mr. Whitecross and occasional access to his wife, who is not a British subject. Both are well and in good spirits.