Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 52855

Trade Agreements: Egypt

Tabled: 16 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025

Question

Rebecca Long Bailey

LabourSalford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is included in any trade agreement with Egypt.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The Government is committed to securing Mr El-Fattah’s release, and we continue to raise his case at the highest levels of the Egyptian government. The Prime Minister raised the case in a letter to President Sisi on 4 May. The National Security Adviser al...

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