Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 December (HL11891), whether the case of Ryan Cornelius requires official action; if so, whether it has been raised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and if not, why not.

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has sought clarity from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the terms of Mr Ryan Cornelius' continued detention on a number of occasions. Most recently (10 December), we asked the UAE to respond to concerns raised that Mr Cornelius was being denied certain privileges.