Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 67273

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 29 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will consider laying an annual report before Parliament on the status of British nationals arbitrarily detained abroad.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
This Government condemns the practice of detaining British Nationals for political leverage. We take all allegations of human rights violations, and opinions of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, seriously. The Government is committed to strengt...

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