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Lockerbie

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995

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To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 25 January, what strategy, other than demanding a trial of two junior operatives, Her Majesty's Government now have for obtaining justice for all the victims of the crime of Lockerbie. [37461]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 79.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will now place in the Library a copy of the memorandum from No. 10 Downing street in 1989 adducing the reasons why Her Majesty's Government would not allow a public inquiry into the Lockerbie crime; and at what level the decision on the public inquiry was taken. [37458]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 78.

To ask the Prime Minster what reports the United Kingdom and United States authorities in Cyprus have now received from Dr. David Lovejoy, an employee of the United States Government, directly or through other sources, on the movement of the United States hostage rescue team, including Matthew Gannon and Major Charles McKee, subsequently killed at Lockerbie, before the destruction of Pan Am 103; and if he will discuss with President Clinton the reasons why these reports were sought. [37456]

I have nothing further to add to the answer that I gave the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 80.

To ask the Prime Minister whether Her Majesty's Government were informed by the US authorities on or around 19 December 1988 of the travel plans of Major Charles McKee. [37405]

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 79.

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his letter of 30 August 1994 to the hon. Member for Linlithgow, what examination has recently taken place of the Toshiba and Helsinki warnings in relation to Lockerbie, since the fatal accident inquiry. [37457]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 78.

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 26 January, Official Report, column 300, in what month of what year allegations were first made to the effect that Ali Akbar Mostashemi had paid $10 million to have the Lockerbie bombing carried out; who were the competent authorities to whom the Prime Minister refers; and how much of the alleged contradictory material came from Abdul Meged Jiacha. [37434]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, columns 80–81.

To ask the Prime Minister what assessment Her Majesty's Government have now made of the role of Khaled Jaafar, a Lebanese victim of the Lockerbie bombing. [37407]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 79.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will now discuss with President Clinton the implications regarding Iranian links and baggage being onloaded on Air Malta 180, destination Frankfurt airport. [37445]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 78.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will now discuss with Chancellor Kohl the prima facie evidence that a German-based terrorist organisation used their knowledge of a covert US drugs operation to switch an unaccompanied bag containing drugs with an identical bag containing a bomb which destroyed Pan Am Flight 103. [37441]

I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Gentleman on 6 March 1995, Official Report, column 78.

To ask the Prime Minister what information has come recently to Her Majesty's Government about approaches by members of the Jaafar family offering precise testimony about Hezbollah and Achmed Tibril and their role in using a member of the Jaafar family to get a bomb on board Pan Am flight 103. [37395]

To ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with Chancellor Kohl the reasons why the Justice Department of the German Government have challenged Anglo-US explanations of the Lockerbie crime. [36747]

The German Federal Ministry of Justice has not challenged the basis on which charges have been brought against the two individuals accused of having carried out the Lockerbie bombing.

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 14 February, Official Report, column 571, if he will identify the partners to whom he referred in relation to discussions about Lockerbie and UTA 772. [37452]