A question on #Bahrain #OfficialGifts tabled by Lord Scriven on 06-06-2025 has been answered by Lord Collins of Highbury.

Heading: Bahrain: Official Gifts
Question ID: 1810423
UIN: HL8220
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-06
Asking Member ID: 4333
Asking Member display name: Lord Scriven
Asking Member handle: Paulscriven
Asking Member Twitter reference: @Paulscriven
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 5 June (HL6901), what specific criteria were applied, and by whom, to ensure that the gift of a sports club to the Royal Navy from the King of Bahrain did not co
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Date answered: 2025-06-27
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Answering Member ID: 4222
Answering Member display name: Lord Collins of Highbury
Answering Member handle: Lord_Collins
Answering Member Twitter reference: @Lord_Collins
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Answer text: This Government takes the safeguarding of UK operational independence and sovereign interests extremely seriously. In the case of the sports facility generously gifted by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa to the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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