Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterparts on the disappearance in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

On 9 October, the Foreign Secretary and I met the Saudi Ambassador to the UK. He expressed grave concerns about Mr Khashoggi's disappearance and emphasised the need to establish the facts, to support a thorough Turkish investigation and to share the findings. The Foreign Secretary has also spoken with the Saudi Foreign Minister Al Jubeir to express his concerns.