Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 17363

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Tulip Siddiq

LabourHampstead and Highgate

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made to introduce a Special Envoy for Complex and Arbitrary Detentions.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
I know that the Hon Member has taken a long and passionate interest in this issue, both during and following the six years that she spent working for the release of her constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from detention in Iran.I am very pleased to te...

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