Iraq Historic Allegations Team
(asked on 8th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Iraq Historic Allegations Team will prosecute current and former members of the armed forces under the legal system in the constituent part of the UK in which they currently reside.
This question was answered on 14th March 2017
Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) investigations are conducted under the statutory framework of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which applies uniformly throughout the United Kingdom. Any decision to prosecute rests with the Director of Service Prosecutions.