§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the four British officials who were expelled on 7 March were visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo. [79165]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThree of the officials were in Kinshasa to conduct a routine review of the Embassy's civil contingency plan, the fourth (a State Department employee on an exchange programme with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) was there to provide temporary cover for staff absences in the Embassy.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence the Democratic Republic of Congo presented to his Department in support of the detention and expulsion of British Embassy staff and four British officials on 7 March. [79164]
§ Mr. Tony LloydNone.