Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of LGBTI people in Kenya; and whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the safety of those people.

LGBT+ rights are fundamental human rights. The UK is aware that the Family Protection Bill will increase criminalisation of LGBT+ persons in Kenya, which threatens minority rights and risks persecution and discrimination of people across Kenya. Through our High Commission in Nairobi, we make regular representations to the Government of Kenya and other relevant stakeholders calling for the human rights of LGBT+ people to be upheld. The UK will continue to encourage diversity and tolerance and stands in solidarity with the LGBT+ community in Kenya and all those working to defend and protect their rights. The UK Government is firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances and in every country.