Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs , what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the rights of UK citizens facing trial in US courts of the application of the US plea-bargaining process. [149719]
[Due for Answer on 10 February.]
ANSWER
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton): The US plea-bargaining process is a domestic policy issue for the US authorities. The assistance we can, and cannot, provide to British nationals abroad is set out in the publication 'Support for British nationals abroad: A Guide' on GOV.UK