Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 May (HL7774), whether the investigations by the oversight bodies in Bahrain into the torture allegations of Sayed Alwadaei’s family members were swift and thorough.

We understand both the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman and the National Institute for Human Rights have been active and responsive to the issues raised by the family.

We continue to monitor the cases of family members of Mr Alwadaei and have raised them at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain.