Question follow-through · 107009
Belarus: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support independent media and political prisoners in Belarus.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support independent media and political prisoners in Belarus.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given on 1 December 2025 to Questions 92971-73.Belarus continues to support Russia's aggression towards Ukraine, including the stationing of Oreshnik missiles on its soil, and we remain clear that Belarus must end t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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