Question follow-through · 82113
Migrants: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of forming an international alliance to coordinate sanctions on countries that refuse to cooperate on the returns.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 9 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
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of forming an international alliance to coordinate sanctions on countries that refuse to cooperate on the returns.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer he was provided on 31st January 2025 to question 26186.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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