Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether parliamentary elections that took place in Bahrain on 12 November 2022 were free, fair and democratic.

The parliamentary elections which took place in Bahrain on 12 and 19 November were well organised and peaceful and were monitored by local NGOs and civil society groups. Bahrainis turned out in significant numbers to elect members of the next parliament from a cross-section of the community, including 8 women. The election of Nuwab members is an important democratic element of Bahrain's political system.