Question follow-through · 29943
Georgia: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to Georgian democrats who were arrested by their government and have lost legal defence funding following the funding freeze by USAID.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to Georgian democrats who were arrested by their government and have lost legal defence funding following the funding freeze by USAID.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
We do not provide any legal defence funding to Georgian Civil Society involved in recent protests. The UK's commitment to supporting both humanitarian aid and development across the world remains steadfast. The Foreign Secretary and I have raised our conc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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