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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-12-08more like thismore than 2022-12-08
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a timeline of assurances given by the government of Saudi Arabia to His Majesty’s Government on the existence of a moratorium on the death penalty for drug offences in Saudi Arabia. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle remove filter
uin HL4136 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-12-22more like thismore than 2022-12-22
answer text <p>The UK Government strongly opposes the death penalty in all countries and in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. I [Lord Ahmad] raised the 2021 moratorium with the Saudi Vice Foreign Minister on 13 December, with the Saudi Ambassador on 24 November, and on 21 December with the President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission. We regularly raise our concerns with the Saudi authorities regarding the death penalty at the highest levels and will continue to do so.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-12-22T11:53:39.74Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-22T11:53:39.74Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
4719
label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle more like this