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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-04-25more like thismore than 2017-04-25
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Iran: Capital Punishment remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Iran on the use of the death penalty in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency Ochil and South Perthshire more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh more like this
uin 71970 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-27more like thismore than 2017-04-27
answer text <p>The UK opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and regularly raise our objections at senior levels with the Iranian government, both bilaterally and through the EU. The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have both set out our concerns with their counterparts, as has our Ambassador in Tehran. I have also discussed concerns over Iran’s human rights record with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Iran’s Ambassador to the UK.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood remove filter
question first answered
less than 2017-04-27T08:12:59.11Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-27T08:12:59.11Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh more like this