§ Mr. HowardTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on reports that the British Embassy in Madrid warned the Embassy of Chile in Madrid that Spain would be likely to apply for the extradition of General Pinochet if he travelled to the United Kingdom; when such warnings were given; and in what terms. [64322]
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§ Mr. Tony LloydNo such warning was passed to the Embassy of Chile in Madrid.
§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the contacts which took place between his Department and the Embassy of Chile about the security of Senator Pinochet during his visit to Britain in the autumn. [64330]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThere were no contacts between this Department and the Chilean Embassy about the security of Senator Pinochet prior to the Senator's arrest on 16 October.
§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response his Department made to the request made in September to the British Embassy in Chile for Senator Pinochet to travel to the United Kingdom as an Ambassador by presidential decree on a special mission to the United Kingdom. [64332]
§ Mr. Tony LloydWhen the Embassy in Santiago was told informally in early September about the possibility of a visit by Senator Pinochet, no mention was made of any presidential decree or special mission.