Home Department written question – answered at on 6 February 2014.
Emily Thornberry
Shadow Attorney General
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK Central Authority has received requests for mutual legal assistance from (a) Iran, (b) Syria and (c) Libya during the last three years.
Mark Harper
The Minister for Immigration
The UK Central Authority has received requests for mutual legal assistance (MLA) from Iran, Syria and Libya in the last three years.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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