§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps were taken by officials of his Department to help Mary Tyler to see her husband, in respect of her request whilst imprisoned in India.
§ Mr. LuardUnited Kingdom officials took up a request by Miss Tyler to see one of her fellow prisoners with the Indian authorities, who did not, however, recognise that the person concerned was legally married to Miss Tyler.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visits, specifying in each case the date and duration, were made by Foreign Office officials to Mary Tyler's family in England during her period of imprisonment in India.
§ Mr. LuardNone. It is not the practice for my right hon. Friend's officials to visit the relatives in this country of United Kingdom nationals detained overseas.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether officials of his Department accepted the explanation of the Indian Government on that of Mary Tyler for the reasons for her arrest.
§ Mr. LuardMiss Tyler was arrested on 28th May 1970 near Chaibasa in Bihar with a group of young Indians whom the authorities alleged had attacked a police station. She was arrested by the Indian authorities in accordance with Indian law. There were no grounds, therefore, on which to challenge her arrest and detention.