Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 67274

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

Tabled: 11 July 2025

Answered: 29 July 2025

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Question

Calum Miller

Liberal Democrat — Bicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to appoint a Special Envoy with responsibility for (a) advocating for and (b) securing the release from detention of British nationals arbitrarily h

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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