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SS Tilawa

Commons · Question 1671 · Tabled 15 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 21 May 2026

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps to encourage the Government of Japan to acknowledge the sinking of the SS Tilawa in 1942, and for them to provide goodwill closure to known s

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 21 May 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the answers he received on 27 April in response to Questions 128231 and 128238.