Written question asked by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 November 2010. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Mordechai Vanunu

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ask the Government of Israel to release Mordechai Vanunu.

Answer: [holding answer of 8 November 2010]: While we are concerned by the developments in this case and monitor the situation, Mr Vanunu is not a UK national and we are therefore constrained in the attention we can give to this. The UK has a strong record of lobbying the Israeli Government hard on issues regarding human rights and those directly related to our foreign policy objectives. Therefore, our capacity to lobby on specific cases, especially on behalf of non-British Nationals, is extremely limited.

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