§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further efforts his Department will make to secure the return to the United Kingdom of Octav Botnar.
§ Mr. MacleanI have been asked to reply.
The offences for which Mr. Botnar is wanted in the United Kingdom are offences against tax legislation. Because of that, they are not extraditable from Switzerland, where Mr. Botnar now is. Switzerland is one of several countries which will not extradite for such "fiscal" offences. Mr. Botnar has on several occasions indicated that he will return to this country voluntarily and I hope that he will do so.