To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the content of the reports received between 16 and 20 October from the British Embassy at Madrid, on the investigations into Senator Pinochet in Spain; and if he will make a statement. [80406]

For details of the report from our Embassy in Madrid on 16 October, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Mr. Maclean) on 2 February 1999, Official Report, columns 597–98. On 19 October 1998, the Embassy dispatched two reports, commenting on Spanish reactions to the arrest of Senator Pinochet and on Judge Garzon's intentions as regards making an early visit to London to interview him.