HC Deb 24 June 1985 vol 81 c315W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many interviews have been conducted by staff in the embassy in Chile with people wishing to seek refuge in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Renton

None in the past 12 months.

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many prison or detention centre visits have been made by' embassy staff in Chile in the past two years; and how many prisoners were interviewed during those visits.

Mr. Renton

In the last two years only one British citizen has been in detention in Chile. He was arrested in October 1983 and has been visited six times since his arrest.

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper of the South American department of his Department dated 19 November 1984, referring to an arms embargo against Chile.

Mr. Renton

No.