HC Deb 01 December 1989 vol 162 c452W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will place in the Library all communications between the then Governor of Hong Kong, the late Sir Edward Youde, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which occurred between 30 November 1985 and 1 June 1987 on the subject of the request, from the then Governor of Hong Kong, to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the extradition of Lorrain Osman and Dato Hashim Shamsuddin;

(2) if he will place in the Library all communications between the then High Commissioner in Malaysia, Mr. D. H. Gilmore CMG, and his Department which occurred between 30 November 1985 and 1 June 1987 on the subject of the request, from the then Governor of Hong Kong, the late Sir Edward Youde, to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the extradition of Lorrain Osman and Dato Hashim Shamsuddin;

(3) if he will obtain and place in the Library copies of all communications between the then High Commissioner in Malaysia, Mr. D. H. Gilmore CMG, and the then Governor of Hong Kong, the late Sir Edward Youde, which occurred between 30 November 1985 and 1 June 1987 on the subject of the request, from the Governor of Hong Kong, the late Sir Edward Youde, to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the extradition of Lorrain Osman and Dato Hashim Shamsuddin.

Mr. Maude

No. This matter is currently sub judice.