§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) following the court case Air Malta v Granada Television and pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southend, East (Sir T. Taylor) of 31 January,Official Report, column 332, what evidence has now been found to substantiate a Maltese connection with the Lockerbie bombing; [37406]
(2) what information he has sought since March 1995 from Juge Brugiere in France, in relation to the UTA case, with particular reference to a Libyan connection for Lockerbie. [37423]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) on 6 March 1995,Official Report column 5.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) for what reason Her Majesty's Government supported the US decision that the Montreal convention, requiring attempts at conciliation and arbitration, should not be applied in relation to Pan Am 103 and Lockerbie; and that the preferred action was through the UN Security Council; [37435]
(2) what consideration has now been given to evidence involving officials of countries other than Libya in relation to Lockerbie; and what efforts her Majesty's Government have made to obtain such evidence concerning nationals of countries, other than Libya, as undertaken on 20 January 1992, Official Report, column 159. [37436]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) on 6 March 1995,Official Report, column 6.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met Amro Musa, Foreign Minister of Egypt, to discuss the Lockerbie situation; and what contact he has had since. [37448]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs saw the Egyptian Foreign Minister on 27 September, and expects to meet him frequently in future.
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§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs following his undertaking given in Glasgow on 3 February, to look into the claims made by the Bradford police surgeon, Dr. David Fieldhouse, what further action he has taken to verify Dr. Fieldhouse's claims about the body count at Lockerbie on 21, 22 and 23 December 1988. [37438]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) on 6 March 1995.Official Report, column 5.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has anything to add to his answer of 6 March,Official Report, column 7, regarding his assertion on 3 February at the Scottish Oils Clubs Annual Dinner that a trial in relation to Lockerbie would be prejudiced by a public inquiry. [37463]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorNo.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will now enter into discussions with Dr. Esmat Abdel Maguid with a view to resolving the Lockerbie case; [37442]
(2) what representations he has now had from Esmat Abdel Maguid on the issue of Libya's position in relation to the Lockerbie case. [37443]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorAt his meeting with Dr. Maguid on 5 April, the then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd) discussed a range of matters, including Lockerbie.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice has now been sought from her Majesty's Government by the German Government on the reply that they should give to the letter to Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl, in German from a German national, Elizabeth Mosey, mother of a Lockerbie victim, of 23 January 1995; and what advice was given by her Majesty's Government. [37447]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorNone
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his letter of 9 December 1993 to the hon. Member for Linlithgow, if he will now discuss with the German Government the visit to Germany of the Iranian Intelligence Minster, Mr. Fallahian, and subsequent visits by Iranian Ministers at which the destruction of Pan Am 103 was discussed. [37449]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) on 6 March 1995,Official Report, column 1.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has had from Adnan Omran, assistant secretary-general for political affairs of the Arab League, following the meeting between the League and the United Nations in Vienna in July 1995 about the Lockerbie situation. [37455]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorNone.
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§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's communications with the solicitors of Pan Am, Windels, Marx, Davies and Ives, regarding aspects of the destruction of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, since May 1995. [37440]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg) on 6 March 1995,Official Report, column 8.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he was last in contact with the Government of Finland about the identity of a caller to the United States embassy in Helsinki on 5 December 1988, warning that within two weeks a bomb would be carried on to an American airliner from Frankfurt, destination New York. [37450]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorI have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Grantham on 6 March 1995,Official Report, column 8.