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SS Tilawa

Asked by Bob BlackmanConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 1671

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps to encourage the Government of Japan to acknowledge the sinking of the SS Tilawa in 1942, and for them to provide goodwill closure to known s

Answered by Seema Malhotra

I refer the Hon Member to the answers he received on 27 April in response to Questions 128231 and 128238.

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