Question follow-through · 52690
Syria: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with Inter Mediate on de-sanctioning the Syrian regime since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 19 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
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with Inter Mediate on de-sanctioning the Syrian regime since July 2024.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not routinely disclose the content of private discussions with external organisations.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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