Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the debate entitled Allegations of systemic torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention in Europe at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 24 January 2024.

The Government unreservedly condemns the use of torture for any purpose and continues to call on all States to ensure that those in detention are treated in line with international human rights law. We value the work of the Committee on the Prevention of Torture at the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe and our UK delegation in debating these important issues.