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star this property date less than 2017-10-17more like thismore than 2017-10-17
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
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unstar this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Guantanamo Bay: Detainees remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the US to reconsider the alleged practice of officials not medically monitoring hunger striking in Guantanamo Bay detainees. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Hammersmith more like this
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Andy Slaughter more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2017-10-25more like thismore than 2017-10-25
star this property answer text <p>It is the Government's understanding that US practice on medically monitoring hunger striking detainees in Guantanamo Bay has not changed. Detainees continue to be monitored carefully on medical grounds. On 17 October, a Pentagon Spokesperson said that the practice of permitting the involuntary feeding of hunger-striking detainees in Guantanamo Bay will continue, if US medical officials decide that artificial feeding is required to prevent death or serious self-harm.</p><p>The Government believes that mentally competent adults are entitled to take decisions to hunger strike.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Rutland and Melton more like this
star this property answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan more like this
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less than 2017-10-25T15:55:29.377Zmore like thismore than 2017-10-25T15:55:29.377Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andy Slaughter more like this