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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-13more like thismore than 2015-10-13
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 Saudi Arabia: Human Rights more like this
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 recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on human rights abuses in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency Newport West more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Flynn remove filter
uin 11654 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-10-20more like thismore than 2015-10-20
answer text <p>The British government regularly raises its human rights concerns with the Saudi Arabian authorities at the highest levels through Ministers, our Ambassador, and the Embassy team in Riyadh.</p><p>Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office country of concern because of the human rights situation in the country, particularly on the use of the death penalty, restricted access to justice, restrictions on women’s rights, as well as on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief. We regularly make our views well known including through the UN Universal Periodic Review process and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-10-20T14:44:34.323Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-20T14:44:34.323Z
answering member
1487
label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
tabling member
545
label Biography information for Paul Flynn more like this