Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps under the terms of Article 2 of the EU-Egypt Association Agreement, as incorporated into the UK-Egypt Association Agreement, in response to President Sisi's ratification of death sentences against 12 political prisoners arising from the Rabaa Dispersal Case.

The UK is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. Following recent cases, we have made clear to the Egyptian Government at a senior level our serious concern about the use of the death penalty. Government's international obligations and commitments, including on human rights, are always of paramount importance when it makes decisions on its trading relations.