Question follow-through · 5445

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1338 on British Nationals Abroad: Detainees, what response he has received to his request for consular access to Alaa Abd E

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1338 on British Nationals Abroad: Detainees, what response he has received to his request for consular access to Alaa Abd E

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    HMG Ministers and officials at the British Embassy in Cairo continue to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian government at the highest levels. They have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for urgent co...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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