Oral QuestionForeign and Commonwealth Office

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 24 June 2020Answered: 30 June 2020

Asked by

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Londonderry

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr Hamish Falconer)

The Government are committed to securing Alaa’s release, and we continue to raise his case at the highest levels of the Egyptian Government. The Foreign Secretary has raised the case on multiple occasions, as have I. The national security adviser has also raised this case, as has the Prime Minister.