Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Angela Eagle and Katrina Murray

Monday 21st October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Dame Angela Eagle]

Addressing such issues is more of a Foreign Office responsibility, which is why we liaise closely with the Foreign Office when considering the production of information notes. If laws that are passed and put into effect in other countries lead to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution for individuals, that is one of the contexts we use to make a decision. That includes LGBT rights, but also other rights.

[Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) (Lab)]

T1.   If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.