Grenada (Hansard, 10 July 1989)

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Grenadan authorities for the restoration of a constitutional court system; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Eggar
No. As an independent Commonwealth country, it is for Grenada to determine its own judicial system.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Grenadan authorities to lift the death sentence imposed on the defendants in the Grenada 17 trial; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Eggar
The appeals of all 17 persons convicted in Grenada of the murder of Prime Minister Bishop and of other crimes in 1983 are currently being heard in Grenada's court of appeal. It would be improper for Her Majesty's Government to make representations to the Government of Grenada concerning the 14 appellants sentenced to death while the legal process continues.