Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Law and Alan Duncan

Tuesday 28th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Duncan]

Following the demonstrations on 25 March, the Foreign Office issued a statement on 26 March calling on the Belarusian authorities to respect and uphold the right to freedom of association, assembly and expression, and to release all the peaceful demonstrators still detained. Among those originally detained were two British nationals, but I am pleased to say that they have since been released.

[Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP)]

10. What discussions he has had with his US counterpart on that country’s Executive order implementing a travel ban on people from six countries and on certain refugees.