Guantanamo Bay

HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 c584W

Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what conditions are applied to British detainees in Camp Delta receiving food parcels. [124669]

Mr. Mullin

None of the British detainees held at Guantanamo Bay receives food parcels.

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the Government has asked for the return of British prisoners in Guantanamo Bay to Britain; when the most recent request on such matters was; what the US's response was in each case; and if he will make a statement. [125675]

Mr. Straw

We are pressing the US authorities to move forward with the process of determining the future of the British detainees at Guantanamo Bay. We have discussed, and are discussing, a range of options with the US, including the possibility of repatriation. I have discussed this matter on numerous occasions with US Secretary of State Colin Powell; most recently by telephone on Sunday 13 July.