To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter of 11 March from the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling on behalf of Mrs. Debra Guneri. (291047)

[holding answer 14 September 2009]: I have been asked to reply.

The right hon. Member’s letter was passed to me for reply and I replied on 7 September.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will request the High Commissioner to South Africa to ensure that the hon. Member for West Chelmsford receives a response to the matters raised in his letters to the High Commissioner of 17 July 2009, 13 August 2009 and 7 September 2009 and his telephone conversations with the High Commissioner on 16 September 2009 about the case of Mr. Ian Freshwater of Chelmsford. (292154)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have drawn this request to the attention of the South African high commission in London. Officials at the South African high commission will follow up this request.