§ Sir Derek Walker-Smithasked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, during his recent visit to Angola, raised the matter of the former British mercenaries imprisoned there; and, if so, what was the response of the Angolan Government.
§ Mr. LuceWhile in Angola last week I raised with President Dos Santos the question of the British former mercenaries imprisoned there since 1976. The President said that he had taken note of the concern of the British Government and he offered to consider the question of clemency when an opportune moment arose.