Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
Commons · Question 14665 · Tabled 18 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the (a) policy and (b) scale of capital punishment in that country.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 28 Nov 2024
The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances as our joint statement with the EU on World Day Against the Death Penalty made clear. The Saudi authorities are well aware of our opposition. As the Minister for the Middle East, I raised Saudi human r...