HC Deb 20 April 1989 vol 151 c231W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether the Spanish Government informed the British authorities that the Renault car parked at Main street, Gibraltar, on 6 March 1988, was followed by surveillance officers of the Spanish authorities to the frontier of Gibraltar on 6 March; and if it was then followed by British authorities until it was parked;

(2) whether the Spanish authorities have confirmed to him the statements of Tomaz Rayo Valenzuela and Manuel Gimenez that the Spanish police discovered D. McCann and S. Savage staying at the hotel Escandinavia, Torremolinos, on 5 March 1988 and informed the British authorities;

(3) why the Spanish police were requested not to follow D. McCann and S. Savage on 6 March 1988.

Mr. Waldegrave

I refer the hon. Member to the statement given by my right hon. and noble Friend Lord Trefgarne in another place on I March at column 1124.