Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in El Salvador regarding the decriminalisation of abortion in that country.

As outlined in the recently released Women and Girls Strategy, the UK supports women's comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights globally, including access to safe abortion. While the Secretary of State has had no recent discussions with his counterpart in El Salvador regarding the decriminalisation of abortion in that country, in multilateral settings we continue to recommend that El Salvador review laws criminalising the use of abortion, ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services and support for all women and girls, and guarantee women are not criminally prosecuted for suffering a miscarriage.