Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia on ensuring that the International Committee of the Red Cross can provide humanitarian support in Ukraine.

In any armed conflict, it is vital that humanitarian agencies have safe and unimpeded access to affected populations. The Prime Minister discussed the importance of humanitarian access with President Zelenskyy on 9 March. I [Minister Cleverly] also stressed the importance of facilitating humanitarian access when I spoke with my Russian counterpart on 25 February.