"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member printed","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/445318","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","false","2016-01-25","
The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), visited the Maldives on 17 and 18 January. He met key members of the Maldives government, including President Yameen and reiterated our call for the release of all political prisoners. The UK welcomed the Maldivian government’s decision on 18 January to allow former President Nasheed to travel overseas for medical treatment.
","Baroness Anelay of St Johns","2016-01-25T15:39:13.527Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/445318/answer","Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns","16","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","Foreign and Commonwealth Office","2016-01-18","Mohamed Nasheed","2","House of Lords","To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to press the government of the Maldives for the unconditional release of former President Mohamed Nasheed for medical treatment in the UK.","false","Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool","Lord Alton of Liverpool","HL5082"