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Written question asked by Kenny MacAskill (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 21 February 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. It was answered by James Cleverly (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 March 2020 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Rendition and Torture

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to assist Police Scotland (a) in its investigation into the use of Scottish airports to facilitate torture and rendition and (b) to request evidence from the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence inquiry into the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation programme.

Answer

As this is an ongoing Police Scotland investigation it would not be appropriate to comment.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
18866
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Criminal investigation Airports Scotland Torture USA Rendition US Central Intelligence Agency Police Scotland
Link
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