Alison McGovern – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2016-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government last held discussions with the Saudi government in which specific reference was made to human rights in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We do not shy away from raising legitimate human rights concerns. The Foreign Secretary most recently raised human rights with the Saudi Arabian authorities on 7 September. Our Embassy in Riyadh also frequently raise our concerns and will continue to do so.