HC Deb 24 July 1975 vol 896 c327W
Mr. Aitken

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Britons have currently been held in foreign prisons without trial for a period of over six months; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Rowlands

Our records show that there are 27 British subjects, citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, who have been held in foreign prisons for six months or more without trial.