Question follow-through · 38133
Syria: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect persecuted Christians in Syria.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect persecuted Christians in Syria.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
We are closely monitoring the treatment of all civilians in Syria, including those from the Christian community. In my Statement in Parliament on 10 March, and in the Foreign Secretary's public statement on 9 March, we made clear that the interim authorit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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