HC Deb 19 March 1999 vol 327 c620W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken by Her Majesty's Government to establish arrangements for prisoner transfers between Venezuela and the UK. [76423]

Mr. Fatchett

Her Majesty's Government has encouraged the Venezuelan Government to sign the Council of Europe Convention of the Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners. The Venezuelan Government's application to accede to the convention is being processed by the Council of Europe.