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Mr. Temple-Morris
asked the Lord Privy Seal what help his Department can provide in recovering children removed abroad by a parent.
Mr. Luce
The only help we can offer is to try to obtain a welfare report on the child from the local authorities in the area concerned. Any question of the custody of such a child is a matter which can only be decided by the courts of the country where the child is present. The return of the child to a parent in this country can be pursued only through legal channels.