asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek to make inquiries with the Uganda Government as to the details concerning the death of Mr. Muhammad Hassan, on behalf of his wife, a constituent of the hon. Member for Wandsworth, Central following an alleged escape from the Mutukula Prison Farm, Uganda.

Mrs. Hassan recently visited Uganda in connection with her husband's death and called on our High Commission there to discuss the question of the release of her husband's body. She did not ask the High Commission to inquire about the circumstances of his death. Since Mr. Hassan was a citizen of Uganda the High Commission has no status to institute such inquiries.