PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
USA: Police Brutality (16 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he and his Ministers have made representations to their counterparts in the US on the issue of police brutality in that country following the murder of George Floyd; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

The Foreign Secretary has been clear that the death of George Floyd was appalling, inexcusable and deeply distressing. We hope and trust that justice will be done. The violence we've seen in the US around this is very alarming. We've been clear that people must be allowed to protest peacefully. Our Embassy in the US has raised the issue of the protests with the US Administration and have explained the very strong interest in this issue among the British public.

Answered by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
24 June 2020