Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Mike Crockart (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Engagements

Question: Today, unfortunately, is the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay, a despicable institution that to this day still holds one UK national. Will the Prime Minister commit to do all he can to see that 2012 is the last year in which that institution operates?

Answer: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is working very hard with the United States to try to secure the issue and bring this chapter to a close. As the hon. Gentleman will know, we have also taken steps as a Government and as a country to try to achieve some closure to what happened in the past, through a settlement with the people who were in Guantanamo Bay and through setting up a proper inquiry to ensure that the British Government were not complicit in any way in the torture of people in Guantanamo Bay or elsewhere.

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