UK Parliament MPs visit Catalan political leaders in prison

A delegation of UK Parliament MPs visited the Lledoners prison where seven Catalan political leaders are held awaiting trial on Tuesday morning. The group is also hoping this week to meet president Quim Torra, Parliament president Roger Torrent, and representatives of several Catalan parties.

The aim of the group, whose visit began at 11am on Tuesday morning, is to "get the attention" of British MPs and make them more aware of the the political situation in Catalonia, said Scottish MP Gavin Newlands to the Catalan News Agency, on Monday.

The only MP who actually met some jailed leaders was SNP's Ronnie Cowan, who recalled that exactly four years ago on Tuesday Scotland held an independence vote. 

"We had a referendum in Scotland four years ago and I was doing what they were doing," he said to the Catalan News Agency after meeting the officials.