Select committee: Foreign Affairs Committee
Conclusion 27
Sixth Report - Stolen years: combatting state hostage diplomacy
Published 4 Apr 2023
Paragraph 79
Addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Foreign Affairs Committee The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We welcome the willingness of the FCDO to refer detainees and families of detainees to organisations such as Hostage International, Reprieve, Fair Trials and Prisoners Abroad who are able to offer assistance and counsel. We believe this is a highly appropriate approach to supporting families but could go further.
From: Foreign Affairs Committee, Sixth Report - Stolen years: combatting state hostage diplomacy (HC 166), paragraph 79, 4 April 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 6 July 2023 (deadline 4 June 2023).