Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the trial of 65 people in Bahrain; and whether the Embassy in Manama is monitoring the trial.

The FCDO is aware of reporting about the court proceedings mentioned and will continue to follow the situation. We have previously been assured in other cases (where individuals linked to one charge are tried together) that an individual's right to separate legal representation of their choice is guaranteed by law.