Question follow-through · 17363
British Nationals Abroad: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made to introduce a Special Envoy for Complex and Arbitrary Detentions.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made to introduce a Special Envoy for Complex and Arbitrary Detentions.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
I know that the Hon Member has taken a long and passionate interest in this issue, both during and following the six years that she spent working for the release of her constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from detention in Iran.I am very pleased to te...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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