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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 remove filter
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Saudi Arabia: Detainees remove filter
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Human Rights Council (a) condemning the detention and torture of female human rights activists in Saudi Arabia and (b) requesting the release of those women. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh South remove filter
tabling member printed
Ian Murray remove filter
uin 214027 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-04more like thismore than 2019-02-04
answer text <p>The British Government is very concerned about the reports that women's rights activists have been subject to torture during pre-trial detention in Saudi Arabia. We consistently and unreservedly condemn torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it is a priority for us to combat this wherever and whenever it occurs. We have raised concerns about these cases at Ministerial level a number of times with the Saudi authorities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
grouped question UIN 214026 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-04T17:11:17.613Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-04T17:11:17.613Z
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
3966
label Biography information for Ian Murray more like this