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 proposed imposition of capital sentences on (a) Israa al-Ghomgham and (b) four other human rights activists in that country.

We understand that Israa al-Ghomgham has another trial session scheduled for the end of October. We are closely monitoring Ms Ghomgham's case and those of other activists. We continue to raise our concerns on human rights with the Saudi authorities in private.