Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department's payments to Abu Jamal ceased in July 2016 when the instruction was given to stop such payments in April 2016.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Iraq Historic Allegations Team made no payments to Abu Jamal after 9 March 2016, except for work which had already been agreed prior to that date. The then Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Penny Mordaunt) confirmed to the House on 18 April 2016 (Official Report, column 641) that no agent used by Leigh Day or Public Interest Lawyers would in future be paid from public money, on the grounds that it was not an acceptable use of public funds.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he reported Public Interest Lawyers to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Answered by Mike Penning
Following his statement to the House on 17 December 2014 (Official Report, column 1407) on the Al-Sweady Inquiry Report, the Defence Secretary directed that evidence be submitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority concerning potential breaches of professional standards by Public Interest lawyers and Leigh Day and Co.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67238, whether the Government has made any payments, not including compensation, to (a) Nassir Abd Al Zahra Al Zayi Al-Tamini, (b) Hussein Ali Kazhin Zabayain Al-Maliki, (c) A'la or Dhia Jabbar Al-Khazhair/Okthair, (d) Muhammad Hatu Karim Al-Garizi, (e) Musa Isma'il Al-Fartusi and (f) Nabil Al-Mawzani.
Answered by Mike Penning
No payments have been made by the Ministry of Defence to the individuals named.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made any payment to (a) Nassir Abd Al Zahra Al Zayi Al-Tamini, (b) Hussein Ali Kazhin Zabayain Al-Maliki, (c) A'la or Dhia Jabbar Al-Khazhair/Okthair, (d) Muhammad Hatu Karim Al-Garizi, (e) Musa Isma'il Al-Fartusi and (f) Nabil Al-Mawzani.
Answered by Mike Penning
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 2 March 2017 to Question 65616.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government paid compensation as a result of UK operations in Iraq to (a) Nassir Abd Al Zahra Al Zayj Al-Tamini, (b) Hussein Ali Kazhin Zabayain Al-Maliki, (c) A'la or Dhia Jabbar Al-Khazhair/Okthair, (d) Muhammad Hatu Karim Al-Garizi, (e) Musa Isma'il Al-Fartusi and (f) Nabil Al-Mawzani.
Answered by Mike Penning
There is no record of any of the named individuals having brought claims for compensation against the Ministry of Defence as a result of UK operations in Iraq.