HC Deb 21 January 1972 vol 829 c276W
Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken by Her Majesty's Government to ensure that the South African authorities either release Quentin Jacobsen, a British subject, or bring him to trial without any further delay.

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make representations to the South African Government concerning the detention in Johannesburg without trial of Mr. Quentin Jacobsen, a member of the London Freelance Branch of the National Union of Journalists; and whether he will include in such representations the fact of Mr. Jacobsen being in solitary confinement.

Mr. Godber

Her Majesty's Ambassador in South Africa has made repeated representations to the South African Government about the continued detention without trial of Mr. Quenin Jacobsen and the conditions in which he is held.