HC Deb 12 December 1988 vol 143 c395W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether representatives of Her Majesty's Government corresponded with representatives of the South African Government of the question of the remanding of those persons known as the Coventry four on charges of breaching arms embargo regulations;

(2) on what date representatives of the South African Government petitioned for the repatriation to South Africa of those persons known as the Coventry four;

(3) what representations were made by the British Government to representatives of the South African Government on the question of action being taken in the case of those persons known as the Coventry four, following upon their repatriation to South Africa;

(4) what representations were received by Her Majesty's Government from the South African embassy on the question of the remanding of those persons known as the Coventry four in March 1984;

(5) in what way relations with Pretoria were affected following upon South Africa's refusal to co-operate with the British courts in the case of those persons known as the Coventry four;

(6) how many summaries of developments on the inquiries by his Department into the case of those persons known as the Coventry four were written; and to whom they were despatched.

Mrs. Chalker

This matter was thoroughly aired in the House at the time. I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by the then Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 23 October 1984 at columns559–69.

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