Question follow-through · 130123
SS Tilawa
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to encourage the Government of Japan to (a) acknowledge the sinking of the SS Tilawa in 1942 and (b) provide goodwill closure to known survi
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2026
- Answer
- No published answer in this record
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to encourage the Government of Japan to (a) acknowledge the sinking of the SS Tilawa in 1942 and (b) provide goodwill closure to known survi
30 Apr 2026
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