Release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Part of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – in the House of Commons at on 26 November 2024.

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Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Scottish National Party, Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

The all-party parliamentary group on arbitrary detention and hostage affairs has been hearing evidence from UK nationals who are being, or have been, detained. We were privileged to hear from Alaa’s mother just this morning. An oft-repeated concern is that if a UK national finds themselves in that awful situation, they are essentially on their own compared with other nationals. Does the Minister recognise that depiction, and if he does not, what can he point to as a unique advantage of having a British passport for someone who finds themselves arbitrarily detained?