Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 13 December 2022 to Question 102990 and Question 102991, if he will provide the most recent date upon which the cases of (a) Abdulhadi AlKhawaja and (b) Abduljalil AlSingace were raised with the government of Bahrain.

The UK continues to follow developments on matters that relate to human rights within Bahrain. Our close and long-standing ties with Bahrain allow UK Ministers and senior officials to raise sensitive human rights issues, including cases, regularly, privately and effectively. The cases in question were raised at an officials meeting in December 2022.