Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to put pressure on the government of Afghanistan to ensure that Peter and Barbie Reynolds (1) receive legal assistance and (2) are allowed regular and frequent contact with family members, in accordance with the fundamental freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

We are supporting the family of Peter and Barbara Reynolds who are detained in Afghanistan. The Minister for the Middle East met their family on 2 April and 25 June. Our priority is ensuring their welfare. In all consular cases, we take all allegations of mistreatment extremely seriously and will always raise these with the relevant authorities with the individuals' consent. We are unable to provide comment on the detail of individual consular cases in line with relevant UK data protection legislation: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office/about/personal-information-charter.