APPG on Extraordinary Rendition

The APPG receives a reply from the Defence Secretary, further to its letter of 30 March 2009.  The APPG's letter had raised concerns with the Defence Secretary about his statement of 26 February 2009, in which he confirmed that two people captured by UK Forces and transferred to US detention had subsequently been rendered from Iraq to Afghanistan; and about documents published in Australia that reported British involvement in a specific operation.

The APPG wrote to the Defence Secretary following his statement in which he confirmed that two people captured by UK Forces and transferred to US detention had subsquently been rendered from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Secretary of State for Defence John Hutton wrote to the APPG about his Statement of 26 February 2009, in which he confirmed that two people captured by UK Forces and transferred to US authorities, had been rendered from Iraq to Afghanistan in 2004.  The letter set out that every substantive piece of correspondence sent from the MOD to Andrew Tyrie on this issue had been inaccurate.

The APPG received a reply to its letter of 21 October 2008 on the legal regime applicable to UK Forces in Iraq, and the legal obligations owed to those people it detains, captures, or arrests.

Andrew Tyrie wrote to the Defence Secretary Rt Hon John Hutton MP, further to Rt Hon Des Browne's letter of 5 September 2008, about the MOD's policy in relation to people it captures, and enclosing a Legal Opinion prepared for the APPG by Michael Fordham QC and Tom Hickman, of Blackstone Chambers.  The Opinion is also available from this website.