Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2021, State Immunity Act 1978: Remedial Order, HCWS788, when she plans to lay before Parliament a draft remedial order in response to the Supreme Court judgement in the case of Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs [2017] UKSC 62.
The FCDO has been extensively engaged in preparing to respond to the Supreme Court's ruling. Work is not yet complete, but we plan to lay a draft remedial order before Parliament as early as possible in 2022.