HC Deb 05 July 1985 vol 82 c273W
Sir John Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has claimed compensation from the Soviet Union for the British lives lost when the Soviet military authorities shot down Korean Air Lines flight 007 on 1 September 1983.

Mr. Renton

Yes. Fourteen persons entitled to our protection were killed then and a national claim for compensation of £2 million was handed to the Soviet Embassy on 3 July.