HL Deb 31 March 1999 vol 599 c69WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Crown Prosecution Service representative who visited Madrid prior to the issue of the final warrant for the arrest of General Pinochet met representatives of any Spanish political party. [HL1785]

The Lord Chancellor

Prior to the issue of the second provisional arrest warrant against Senator Pinochet at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on the afternoon of 22 October 1998, a member of CPS staff with counsel travelled to Madrid in connection with the case and did not meet with any representative of a Spanish political party.