Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of China on the detention for 21 days of British citizen Alexandra Wilson and her subsequent release without explanation.

On 6th November a Note Verbale was sent to the Chinese authorities expressing Ms Wilson’s doctors concerns over her health issues and on 7th November our political team wrote to the Chinese Embassy in London highlighting Ms Wilson’s case. A number of Follow up phone calls were by Consular officers to the Public Security Bureau regarding a release date or a further Consular visit.