Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that children are central to his Department's Ukraine response.
The UK prioritises protection of the most vulnerable and hard to reach, including children, in its humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Our £15 million contribution to UNICEF's appeal for Ukraine helps provide education to over 850,000 children, and access to essential services. We use regularly multilateral fora to highlight child protection issues in the context of Russia's invasion, and led a joint statement on Ukrainian children in November to mark World Children's Day. On 16 June 2022, we sanctioned Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for her alleged involvement in the forced transfer and adoption of Ukrainian children.