HL Deb 09 April 2001 vol 624 c133WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the statement by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 8 March (H.L. Deb., col. 382) that the report of the electronic Daily Telegraph of 2 February 2000 had not covered all that the then Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office had said in Johannesburg, what remarks made in Johannesburg on that date were omitted from the report. [HL1429]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Mr Hain made very clear his views on the need for a peaceful and negotiated settlement in Angola to the noble Lord in his letter of 11 September 2000.

Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was meant by the statement by the then Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, quoted in the electronic Daily Telegraph of 2 February 2000, and confirmed by him in a letter to Lord Lamont of Lerwick on 11 September 2000, that if Dr Jonas Savimbi was willing "to go into exile and retire and live out his days in the comfort that he was obviously able to provide for himself, it would be possible to provide guarantees about that"; and, in particular, what was meant by the word "guarantees" in that statement. [HL1430]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Mr Hain made very clear his views on the need for a peaceful and negotiated settlement in Angola to the noble Lord in his letter of 11 September 2000.