Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to include the UK’s relationship with (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) other countries with similar human rights records in his integrated review of foreign policy.

The UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia is one of great importance, covering a broad range of UK national security and economic interests. Our most recent assessment of Saudi Arabia's human rights record was published in our latest Human Rights and Democracy Report. This was published in June 2019. Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, particularly because of death penalty use, restrictions on women's rights, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief. The Foreign Secretary raised our human rights concerns with Saudi Arabia during his visit in March. We regularly raise areas of concern with the Saudi authorities at all levels, through Ministers, our Ambassador and the Embassy in Riyadh.