Camilla Carr and Jon James

HC Deb 17 November 1997 vol 301 c11W

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has obtained about Camilla Can and Jon James; and what steps are being taken to ensure their will-being. [16036]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Hereford (Mr. Keetch) on 10 November 1997,Official Report, column 389.

There has been no news of Camilla Carr and Jon James for several weeks. We do not know who has taken them, or where they are held. Their employers, the Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development, and we are doing what we can, in the difficult conditions of Chechnya, to contact anyone who may be able to help secure the couple's safe release.