Statement on Linda Norgrove
3 December 2010 (updated on 3 December 2010)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, made a statement to the House of Commons on Thursday 2 December on the death UK aid worker Linda Norgrove.
- Video and Audio: Linda Norgrove
- Commons Hansard: Linda Norgrove
- Parliamentary news: Statement on Linda Norgrove
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
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