HL Deb 12 April 1999 vol 599 c97WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Crown Prosecution Service lawyers, when they travelled to Madrid before the issue of the first warrant for the arrest of General Pinochet, met Joan Garces, former advisor to President Allende. [HL1820]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

No Crown Prosecution Service staff or representative visited Madrid in connection with the case of Senator Pinochet prior to the issue of the first warrant for the arrest of Senator Pinochet at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on 16 October 1998.