PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (13 April 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is the Government's policy to support automatic publication of visit reports by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
The Government has fully considered the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit last year. The Committee published its report on 19 April, and the Government’s response will follow.
The practice of successive Governments has to been to permit the publication of the Committee’s reports of its visits, and to encourage other member States to do likewise.
Answered by:
Sir Oliver Heald (Conservative)
20 April 2017
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