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Motion lapsed. Motion made and Question proposed, that this House do now adjourn. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Douglas McAllister
Answering member
Chris Elmore
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc637-646
House
House of Commons

I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the urgent case of my constituent Jagtar Singh Johal, a British citizen from Dumbarton who is facing the death penalty in India on trumped up political charges. Jagtar was arbitrarily detained in an Indian prison for 3,254 days. He has been released...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c637
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for his strong leadership on this important issue on behalf of his constituent. Many of my Slough constituents and I have watched with deep concern the case of Jagtar Singh Johal. No doubt, the Johal family will be considerably pleased and relieved that Jagtar has...

Member
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c637
House
House of Commons

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend’s comments and I will touch on those points during my speech. May I take this opportunity to thank him for his continued and long-standing support and encouragement of me with respect to the fate of my constituent? He never lets a day pass...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c637
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, especially as he is getting into the substance of his speech. I want to place on record my appreciation and that of my constituents in Glasgow South West, where there is a large Sikh community, for my hon. Friend’s efforts. He has...

Member
Zubir Ahmed (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc637-8
House
House of Commons

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend, who makes a powerful point about the ongoing position of my constituent Jagtar Singh Johal. I thank my hon. Friend not only for his intervention, but for his continued support for me and my constituent, Jagtar. He has been unfailing in his commitment,...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c638
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on his tireless campaigning for his constituent, which is an example to us all. I wrote to the former Foreign Secretary and to Ministers on several occasions to raise Jagtar Singh Johal’s case on behalf of many of my British...

Member
Deirdre Costigan (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c638
House
House of Commons

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I place on record my thanks to her and, as she validly says, the British Sikh community across the United Kingdom, Sikh Federation UK and the all-party parliamentary group on British Sikhs. Without that collective support, we would not have secured...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc638-9
House
House of Commons

As his constituency neighbour, I praise my hon. Friend’s steadfast campaigning on this issue, which began before he was elected to this place. Does he share my concern that the fact it took another court to demand that Jagtar be released on the bail that had already been granted some...

Member
Patricia Ferguson (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c640
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend makes an important point, which I will touch on towards the conclusion of my speech. I agree entirely with her comments, and would like to take this opportunity to thank her not only for her intervention but for the support she has shown me over the last...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c640
House
House of Commons

I thank the team at Reprieve for their diligent support and assistance to me and to Jagtar over the last two years. However, since the meeting with the envoy, the family have received little information about what concrete action is being taken. I hope the Minister can provide greater clarity...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c641
House
House of Commons

This unfortunately is not the first debate that I have attended on behalf of Jagtar Singh Johal, and I commend the hon. Member for bringing this issue back to the Floor of the House. I was there when the previous Minister said that it was not in Jagtar’s interests to...

Member
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c641
House
House of Commons

The right hon. Member is 100% correct: that would be a very potent signal, and I am sure that that point has not been lost on the Minister. I thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, and for his long-standing and continued support for my constituent, which is greatly...

Member
Douglas McAllister (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc641-2
House
House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister) for resolutely leading the charge in Parliament to bring British national Jagtar Singh Johal back home. Earlier this month, after almost nine long years behind bars, Jagtar finally walked out of prison and into the arms of his...

Member
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 c643
House
House of Commons

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister) for his tireless work on behalf of Jagtar Singh Johal and his family. I know about that work, because I have had regular meetings with my hon. Friend about his constituent. I thank him for his...

Member
Warinder Juss (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc643-4
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister) for securing this important debate, his continued attention to the case, and his support for Mr Johal and his whole family. He has advocated relentlessly for Mr Johal since he became the MP for West Dunbartonshire...

Member
Chris Elmore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
791 cc644-6
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained and questioned under counterterrorism legislation since the proscription of Palestine Action, including how many were questioned at the UK border.

Asked by
Will Forster (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 2026
Reference
33558
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Special Envoy for Complex Detention Cases will demand the release of Ryan Cornelius.

Asked by
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 2026
Reference
29339
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister plans to raise the detention of Ryan Cornelius directly with the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates.

Asked by
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 2026
Reference
29338
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publicly call on the Government of the United Arab Emirates to release Ryan Cornelius immediately.

Asked by
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 2026
Reference
29337
House
House of Commons