Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Tuesday, 31 October 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 November 2000. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 November 2000 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If he will make a statement on the work of the Child Abduction Unit in assisting UK citizens whose children have been abducted to Greece. (Failed OPQ).

Answer: Mr. Burden: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the work of the Child Abduction Unit in assisting UK citizens whose children have been abducted to Greece. [136358] Jane Kennedy: The Child Abduction Unit exercises the Lord Chancellor's day-to-day responsibilities as the Central Authority for England and Wales and Northern Ireland for the operation of the Hague and European Conventions on international child abduction, both in relation to Greece and other countries. In addition to receiving and transmitting requests for the return of children or for exercising rights of access, the Child Abduction Unit gives help and advice to parents, other Central Authorities, the judiciary, the legal profession and anyone else who asks for it.

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