PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(15 April 2026)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what legal basis her Department defers to a foreign police force's classification of the death of a British national abroad over the determination of an officially appointed pathologist and an official death certificate in circumstances where those findings would constitute grounds for a homicide investigation in England and Wales.

Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)

Answer

I am aware of the case that she raises, and I know the honourable member has written to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about it and that officials are in touch with her constituent. There is no guidance on the specific circumstances she raises.


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