Question follow-through · 56952
Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Peter and Barbie Reynolds from detention in Afghanistan.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Peter and Barbie Reynolds from detention in Afghanistan.
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are supporting the family of two British nationals who are detained in Afghanistan. I have met their family and am closely monitoring this case. We are unable to provide comment on the detail of individual consular cases in line with relevant UK data p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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