Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Debate
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Lord Collins of Highbury
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Lord Collins of Highbury Excerpts(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab)
On Monday, Nazanin’s husband Richard began a hunger strike outside the FCDO. I hope that as many noble Lords as possible from across the House will visit him if they have not already done so. When I met him on Monday, he repeated his description of the Government’s policy on Nazanin as a policy of waiting. Does the noble Lord think that is correct? In 2019 the Government granted Nazanin diplomatic protection. Will the noble Lord explain what this has achieved? What precisely the United Kingdom is doing, with our international allies, to bring an end to state hostage-taking by Iran?