Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the British embassy in Tel-Aviv is taking to monitor the case of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.

While we have not made representations regarding Mr Abu Sakha’s case, our officials in our Embassy in Tel Aviv monitor Israel's use of administrative detention and raise our concerns associated with its use with the Israeli authorities at regular intervals. These concerns were raised with the Israeli authorities most recently on 27 June.