Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Monday, 23 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2001. It was answered by Jack Straw (Labour) on Thursday, 26 April 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the records of medical examinations carried out on Augusto Pinochet prepared for his Department have been made available to (a) military and (b) legal authorities in Chile. - Inc ref to report in Library.

Answer: Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the records of medical examinations carried out on Augusto Pinochet prepared for his Department have been made available to (a) military and (b) legal authorities in Chile. [158977] Mr. Straw: None of the records concerned were made available directly by me or on my behalf to the authorities in Chile, nor did we receive any request to that effect. Senator Pinochet was medically examined on 5 January 2000 for the purposes of the extradition proceedings then under way. The report was made available to Senator Pinochet and, later, to each of the four states--Spain, France, Belgium and Switzerland--that requested his extradition. Its contents subsequently received wide circulation in the world media. At the conclusion of the case I placed a copy of the report in the Library.

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