Question follow-through · 98207
United Arab Emirates: Malnutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to support civilians struggling with starvation in the UAE.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to support civilians struggling with starvation in the UAE.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
We are not aware of reports of starvation in the UAE.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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