§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what requests he has received from the U.S. court in respect of the enforcement of its order that Louise Woodward should not profit from her conviction. [70572]
§ Mr. BoatengAs a matter of policy, we do not normally comment on the fact or substance of requests from other governments for mutual legal assistance in relation to criminal matters. The recent out-of-court settlement of private civil proceedings brought in the United States against Ms Woodward by the parents of Matthew Eappen, which is reported to have included undertakings not to profit from any sale of the story in relation to this case, could not be the subject of such a request.