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Islamic State

Written question asked by Clive Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 July 2016. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 July 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39927, what the procedure is for triggering an independent service police investigation into an allegation of civilian casualties.

Answer

An independent Service Police investigation would be triggered in Iraq or Syria when there is substantive evidence that civilians have or may have been killed or injured through the actions of UK forces.

Type

Written question

Reference

43258

Session

2016-17

Islamic State
Monday, 13 June 2016
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Casualties

Civilians

Iraq

Syria

Military intervention

Islamic State

Link

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