HC Deb 06 April 1976 vol 909 c110W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contact has been made by the British Ambassador in France with a United Kingdom citizen, Richard Brand, currently held in the Centre de Detention Melun.

Mr. Rowlands

Mr. Brand is serving a prison sentence and was recently refused conditional liberty. On 21st March he wrote to the Ambassador who replied on 30th March that the Consul General in Paris would review the position and see what could be done on Mr. Brand's behalf. The Embassy have been involved since Mr. Brand's arrest in October 1973 and he was last visited by a consular officer on 24th February.