Question follow-through · 74434
Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterparts on its use of capital punishment in (a) non-lethal criminal cases and (b) other criminal cases.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterparts on its use of capital punishment in (a) non-lethal criminal cases and (b) other criminal cases.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2025
Answer published
The UK strongly opposes the death penalty in all countries as a matter of principle, and in all circumstances. Saudi Arabia is well aware of the UK's opposition to the use of the death penalty. We regularly raise our concerns about the use of the death pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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