Question follow-through · 94162

Zhan Zhang

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of increased prison restrictions for human rights activist Zhang Zhan; and what diploma

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 25 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 27 Nov 2025
Answer: 3 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of increased prison restrictions for human rights activist Zhang Zhan; and what diploma
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 20 October to Question 81324.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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