HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c289W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations were made to the British Government by the Malaysian Government about the case of Lorrain Osman;

(2) on what occasions the case of Lorrain Osman was discussed with the Malaysian Government.

Mr. Goodlad

It is established practice that details of our relations with other Governments are confidential.

Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether Her Majesty's Government received representations between 1983 and 1993 from the Government of or Ministers in Malaysia in relation to Mr. Lorrain Osman; and if he will make a statement;

(2) whether representations were made to Her Majesty's Governmment by the Malaysian authorities concerning the murder in Hong Kong of Jalil Ibrahim; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Goodlad

[holding answer 15 March 1994]: Yes. However, it is established practice that details of our relations with other Governments are confidential.

Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons documents concerning the murder of Jalil Ibrahim were adjudged by him to be irrelevant to the defence of Mr. Lorrain Osman; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Goodlad

[holding answer 15 March 1994]: It was the divisional court, not the Secretary of State, who made this judgment in respect of the "Jalil Documents" in Lorrain Osman's seventh application for Habeas Corpus.