To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has made to the International Civil Aviation Organisation about the hijacking of the British Airways 747 aircraft and its passengers and crew by the Iraqi Government at Kuwait airport on 2 August.

The British delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organisation raised this matter at the October ICAO Assembly. The delegation called on the Iraqis to release the passengers and crew of the British Airways flight. In a resolution adopted condemning the plunder of Kuwait international airport the delegation secured the inclusion of wording calling upon Iraq to facilitate the early recovery by their owners of foreign-registered aircraft stranded at the airport.