HC Deb 27 July 1977 vol 936 cc230-1W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the health and well-being of a British citizen, Mr. Maurice Jones, and his wife and child, who are currently being held incommunicado by the authorities of the German Democratic Republic.

Mr. Judd

Mr. Jones has now returned to this country of his own volition. The Question by my hon. Friend does not therefore arise.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of any broadcast by the East German or Soviet radio stations on the subject of Mr. Maurice Jones in so far as these are monitored by the Foreign Office wireless station.

Mr. Judd

I would draw the hon. Member's attention to the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts for 20th and 22nd July 1977, which he will find in the Library.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to seek the extradition from East Germany of Mr. Maurice Jones who failed to surrender to his bail.

Mr. Judd

Mr. Jones has now returned to this country of his own volition. The Question by the hon. Member does not therefore arise.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from other signatory nations of the Helsinki Accords on the subject of Mr. Maurice Jones, suggesting that his allegations against the British police and sudden departure from Great Britain are prima facie evidence that Her Majesty's Government are not living up to the agreements on human rights reached at Helsinki.

Mr. Judd

My right hon. Friend has received no such representations.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether he will ask the Government of the German Democratic Republic to arrange for friends to interview Mr. Maurice Jones, now in East Berlin;

(2) whether he will instruct Her Majesty's Government's representative in the German Democratic Republic to see Mr. Maurice Jones and establish if he has applied for political refuge.

Mr. Judd

Mr. Jones has now returned to this country of his own volition. The Questions by my hon. Friend do not therefore arise.

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