Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to governments across the world, including Commonwealth nations, that are marginalising and criminalising the LGBTIQ+ community.

The UK plays an active role globally in the support of LGBT+ rights. We regularly raise this issue with governments around the world, including in the Commonwealth. We work through our diplomatic missions and through international organisations, including the UN, Council of Europe, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Commonwealth, to promote non-discrimination towards LGBT+ people, and to address discriminatory laws. We remain deeply concerned about the criminalisation and treatment of LGBT+ people in many countries, and recognise that there is a long way to go before all LGBT+ people are able to live free and equal lives.