§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (Sir R. Johnston) of 16 June,Official Report, column 642, about United Kingdom citizens awaiting trial in overseas prisons; what action he proposes to take to monitor the number of Britains on remand for long periods in Spanish gaols; and if he will make representations on behalf of Colin Salt, currently on remand in Madrid, to press for an early court hearing.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe continually monitor all British nationals on remand in Spanish gaols, especially those remanded for long periods. Our consular officers are doing all that they properly can to help those detained and their 209W families. However, we have no standing to intervene in the Spanish legal process itself, and it is for Mr. Salt's lawyer to press for a hearing.