| Heading: |
Jimmy Lai |
| Question ID: |
1729629 |
| UIN: |
HL1015 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
738 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Alton of Liverpool
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| Asking Member handle: |
DavidAltonHL
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DavidAltonHL
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the urgent appeal submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture on 12 September by the international legal team for British citizen Jimmy Lai; and what action they are takin |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
We are aware of the urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture with respect to British national Jimmy Lai and are deeply concerned by the allegations of torture and mistreatment it makes. The Foreign Secretary raised Jimmy Lai's case in his fir... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |