§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 7 July (WA 89–90), on what date the report for the United Kingdom from the International Red Cross on the treatment by coalition forces of prisoners of war and other protected persons by the Geneva Convention in Iraq was received by the Government; and on what date it was shown to Ministers. [HL3922]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)The International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) has not yet produced a formal UK specific report though we expect it to do so in the near future.
As I said in my Written Answer of 7 July (WA 89–90), the ICRC's report on the treatment by the coalition forces of prisoners of war and other protected persons by the Geneva Conventions in Iraq during arrest, internment and interrogation, dated 10 February 2004, was a general document. It was formally passed to Ambassador Bremer and Lieutenant General Sanchez on 26 February. The senior British military representative in Iraq passed a copy of the report to Headquarters Multinational Division (South-East) on 13 February and to the permanent joint headquarters on 16 February, and posted a copy to the MoD that arrived on 27 February. A copy of the report was sent to defence Ministers' offices on 7 May 2004.