Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps with his overseas counterparts to secure proof of life for (a) the 300 Government officials (b) political detainees and (c) Prince Turki bin Abdullah arrested recently.
While we have not requested this information from the Saudi authorities, we continue to monitor these cases. The British Government remains concerned over the continued detention of a number of individuals, particularly those detained in Saudi Arabia because of their political views. The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns on a number of cases during his visit to Saudi Arabia on 4 and 5 March.