HL Deb 22 May 2003 vol 648 cc96-7WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will request the United States Government either to determine by legal process whether British citizens detained at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo are guilty of terrorist acts or to release them to Her Majesty's Government. [HL2728]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean:

We remain in regular contact with the United States at both ministerial and official level about the situation of the detainees. My right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary has raised the issue regularly with the US Secretary of' State, Colin Powell. We have been pressing the US to determine the future of the British detainees. We shall continue to do so.