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Trade Agreements: Egypt

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is included in any trade agreement with Egypt.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
16 May 2025
Target answer date
20 May 2025
Answer
23 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is included in any trade agreement with Egypt.

  2. 20 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to securing Mr El-Fattah’s release, and we continue to raise his case at the highest levels of the Egyptian government. The Prime Minister raised the case in a letter to President Sisi on 4 May. The National Security Adviser al...

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