Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):...I thank you, Mr Speaker, and
the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for the
urgent question on Yemen, but there was no update on Luke Symons.
Richard and Gabriella are waiting for Nazanin, and Sherry, Elika
and Arriane are waiting for Anoosheh, both of whom who are held in
Iran. The UK has the presidency of the United Nations Security
Council this month, and President Biden has issued a raft of
sanctions against Burma as a result of the...Request free trial
(Walsall South) (Lab):...I thank you, Mr Speaker, and the
right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for the urgent
question on Yemen, but there was no update on Luke Symons. Richard
and Gabriella are waiting for Nazanin, and Sherry, Elika and
Arriane are waiting for Anoosheh, both of whom who are held in
Iran. The UK has the presidency of the United Nations Security
Council this month, and President Biden has issued a raft of
sanctions against Burma as a result of the coup. Will the Leader of
the House ensure that we use the presidency properly to ensure that
a Government democratically elected in what the Carter Center said
were free and fair elections is restored in a proper way?
The Leader of the House of Commons (
):...I will take up, as always, the point that the
right hon. Lady makes about Luke Symons, to ensure that the Foreign
Office is, once again, reminded of its responsibilities to UK
nationals overseas, and indeed to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. This
is a matter of great importance to the country, and the right hon.
Lady is right to raise it weekly.
