§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to investigate allegations of torture regarding soldiers of the Royal Welch Fusiliers serving in Bosnia. [9395]
§ Mr. SoamesI refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Newport, West on 15 January 1996,Official Report, column 425–26.
§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if soldiers from the Royal Welch Fusiliers will give oral evidence to the war crimes tribunal at The Hague regarding allegations of torture in Bosnia. [9394]
§ Mr. SoamesAs part of its investigation into the detention of UN personnel by Bosnian Serb forces, the UN war crimes tribunal proposes to interview a representative group of soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers who were among those taken hostage in May 1995.