HC Deb 15 May 1991 vol 191 c210W
Mr. Batiste

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in his efforts to secure the release of the British hostages in Lebanon.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire, West (Mr. Hind) on 24 April and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Fulham (Mr. Carrington) on 14 May.