| Heading: |
Leah Sharibu |
| Question ID: |
1820780 |
| UIN: |
65693 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
55 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Desmond Swayne
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| Asking Member handle: |
DesmondSwayne
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DesmondSwayne
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised the religious persecution of Leah Sharibu in bilateral discussions with President Tinubu of Nigeria. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-14 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answer text: |
The UK strongly condemns Leah Sharibu's abduction and has repeatedly called for her release and the release of all those abducted by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa (ISWA). We have raised Leah's case with the Government of Nigeria, and the Minist... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |