HC Deb 19 January 1999 vol 323 c436W
Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Guatemalan Government concerning the legal case of Mr. Bruce Harris; and if he will make a statement. [65912]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

Our Ambassador in Guatemala City has raised the case of Bruce Harris and made known our concerns to the President of the Guatemalan Supreme Court, the President of the Guatemalan Presidential Commission on Human Rights and to the Guatemalan Fiscal General. We shall continue to follow the case closely and to make known our concern to the Guatemalan authorities that the case is conducted in conformity with the human rights standards to which Guatemala is committed under its domestic law and international obligations.