§ 26. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's answer of 25 June,Official Report, column 151, to the hon. Members for Linlithgow and for Southend, East (Sir T. Taylor) and his answer to the hon. Member for Southend, East of 24 June, Official Report, column 14, what discussions he has had with the German authorities about the content of the Stasi files referred to and the time scale proposed by the German authorities for a trial of Yousef Salam alias Yassir al-Shuraidi. [35187]
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§ Sir Nicholas BonsorWe have had occasional contact with the German authorities about the evidence implicating Yassir al-Shuraidi in the 1986 bombing of the "La Belle" discotheque. The investigation into the bombing remains a matter for the German authorities.
We understand from the German authorities that no date has yet been set for Yassir al-Shuraidi's trial.