Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Postponement of the UK-African Investment Summit, published on 31 January 2024, on what date he took the decision to postpone that summit; for what reason that summit was postponed; and on what date the Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 was informed of that decision.

The UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS), due to take place in April 2024, has been postponed to a later date owing to scheduling issues in the international calendar. New summit dates will be announced in due course.

The UK-AIS Envoy was informed of the postponement of the Summit on 29 January shortly after the decision was taken, at which point he was already en route to Rwanda. During his visit, he informed the Rwandan government of the postponement and discussed our trade and investment partnership.