§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Attorney General (1) if all information requested by the Serious Fraud Office from the Singapore authorities has been handed over; [38400]
(2) what action he is taking in respect of the decision of judicial managers and prosecutors in Singapore with regard to access for Serious Fraud Office investigators to documentation in Singapore relating to Barings. [38401]
§ The Attorney-GeneralBaring Futures (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is under the control of judicial managers appointed by the Singapore High Court to which the Serious Fraud Office made an application for an order that the judicial managers disclose certain company records. That application was not granted and the SFO is currently appealing the decision to the Court of Appeal of Singapore.
I have myself corresponded with my counterpart in Singapore.