HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 c564W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current position relating to Karyn Smith, convicted of drug smuggling in Thailand.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Karyn Smith is serving a 25-year prison sentence in Klong Prem women's prison, Bangkok. She was sentenced on 20 December 1990. With the support of our embassy in Bangkok, Miss Smith has submitted an appeal for clemency to the King of Thailand.