Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the Council of Europe to make public their report concerning allegations of ill-treatment in Turkish prisons, prepared by its Committee for the Prevention of Torture.

On 13 September, the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe intervened in the Committee of Ministers to call on Turkey to agree to the publication of all Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) reports concerning Turkey from 2015-2017. We take the issue of human rights in Turkey, not least allegations of torture, very seriously and will continue to work with the Government of Turkey and the Council Of Europe to address these issues.