Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Bahrain on the arrest of Hasan Mohammed.

Officials and ministers have regular discussions with Bahraini counterparts on human rights issues, most recently during Lord Ahmad's meeting with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani in September in New York and discuss individual cases, as appropriate, both with the Bahraini Government as well as with the independent oversight bodies. We encourage those with concerns to raise them directly with the relevant oversight bodies.