Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Saudi Arabian Government on the case of Raif Badawi; and if he will make a statement.

The UK remains concerned about the case of Raif Badawi and we continue to raise his case at all levels in the Saudi Arabian government. Our expectation remains that he will not receive any further lashes.

Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country because of the use of the death penalty, women's issues and restrictions on other freedoms.