Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28447

Consular Assistance (Journalists) Bill

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 12 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Consular Assistance (Journalists) Bill.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The Government is considering its response to the Private Member's Bill "to make provision for a right to consular assistance for British journalists abroad who have been detained or held hostage; and for connected purposes" and will respond to ...

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