{"value":{"id":1169903,"askingMemberId":2018,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-01-23T00:00:00","uin":"HL259","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay with the government of the United States; what was the outcome of that discussion; and whether they discussed the failure to release prisoners who have been cleared.","answeringBodyId":16,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign and Commonwealth Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4210,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-01-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The British Government has made numerous representations to the United States Government over a number of years about indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, most recently in September 2019. The United Kingdom's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close. We continue to engage with the US Government on this issue, as we do on a range of national security issues.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Guantanamo Bay: Detainees","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1169903","method":"GET"}]}