Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to respond to the recommendation of the Law Commission that wrongful retention of children should be a criminal offence.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave during the Ministry of Justice Oral Questions session in the House of Commons on Tuesday 16 December 2014, a transcript of which can be found at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm141216/debtext/141216-0001.htm#14121635000165