§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Montreal Convention provides appropriate legal procedures for dealing with the Lockerbie case, and if not, in what respect it is deficient.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey):The Montreal Convention was clearly not designed to deal with a situation in which organs of the state holding the accused are themselves alleged to be implicated in the crime.