Question follow-through · 96924

Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to promote media freedom and protect journalists in countries where press freedoms are under threat.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 3 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 8 Dec 2025
Answer: 9 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to promote media freedom and protect journalists in countries where press freedoms are under threat.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
The issues raised by the Hon Member are all significant priorities for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and he can find regular updates about them by consulting the FCDO's annual reports, following the FCDO news feed on GOV.UK, or ...

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