§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of(a) the evidence, (b) the sources of the evidence and (c) the charges which the US military authorities intend to use in the cases of (i) Moazzam Begg and (ii) Feroz Abassi. [124981]
§ Mr. MullinMr. Begg and Mr. Abbasi have been designated as eligible for Military Commissions, but have not yet been charged. We have not had access to the information on which the designations have been based. We have made clear to the US authorities that we expect the process to comply with minimum fair trial standards under international law, including those relating to the examination of evidence.