Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Tunisian counterpart on encouraging democratic participation ahead of the legislative elections planned in that country for 2019.

​Democratic participation is part of our ongoing dialogue with Tunisia about their democratic transition, and was a feature of both Lord Ahmad's and my visits to Tunisia this summer. Municipal elections in May were an important milestone in Tunisia's democratic transition, including in terms of encouraging local community engagement.