Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What recent progress he has made on helping to secure the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.”
Tabled: 20 November 2024Answered: 26 November 2024
Asked by
Brian Leishman
Labour — Alloa and Grangemouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr David Lammy)
We are committed to securing consular access and the release of Mr el-Fattah. We continue to raise Mr el-Fattah’s case at the highest levels with the Egyptian Government. The Prime Minister raised this with President Sisi on 8 August, and I last raised it with the Egyptian Foreign Minister yesterday.