HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 c514W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a direct plea for clemency for the Sharpeville Six.

Mrs. Chalker

Further appeals on behalf of the Sharpeville Six were made by Foreign Ministers of the Twelve on 14 June, by the Security Council on 17 June. by Heads of Government at the Toronto summit on 20 June, and by the European Council on 28 June. We have also raised the issue again direct with the South African Government.