Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress the Government has made on its response to the murder of Giulio Regeni.

The Government continues to monitor the investigation into Giulio Regeni’s death, and we note that an Egyptian delegation visited Rome 6-7 December to discuss the investigation with the Italian authorities. The Minister for the Middle East and Africa, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Egypt, and senior officials in London have raised Mr Regeni’s case with the Egyptian and Italian authorities, and the Prime Minister discussed the case with former Prime Minister Renzi. We stand ready to assist the Italian authorities in any further way we can.