HC Deb 03 November 1997 vol 300 cc3-4W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 28 October,Official Report, columns 700-02, if he will place in the Library the terms of his letter to the Secretary General of the UN, the Arab League, and the Organisation of African Unity, requesting them to send a delegation to Scotland, to show them the Scottish judicial systems, and to discuss arrangements for a trial in Scotland with international observers. [13937]

The Prime Minister

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued the invitation on the 28 October. I have arranged for the text to be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Prime Minister what recent representations he has received relating to difficulties in the disclosure of evidence held by the US authorities in the event of a trial of Libyan suspects for the Lockerbie bombing in a neutral country. [13726]

The Prime Minister

As far as I am aware, I have not received any such representation.

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 28 October, Official Report, columns 700-02, if he will take steps to gauge public opinion in Scotland as to the desirability of trying the Libyan Lockerbie suspects in a neutral country under Scots law. [13933]

The Prime Minister

I have nothing further to add to the oral answer that I gave the honourable Member on 28 October,Official Report, column 713.