Question follow-through · 14623
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to respond to the Egyptian Government's refusal to (a) release and (b) recognise the British nationality of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to respond to the Egyptian Government's refusal to (a) release and (b) recognise the British nationality of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK Government remains committed to securing the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We continue to raise Mr El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian Government. The Egyptian Government does not recognise Mr El-Fattah's British nationality a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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