Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had on UK Islamic finance initiatives since 15 July 2014.

My right hon. and noble Friend the former Minister of State (Baroness Warsi) met Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials to discuss UK Islamic Finance initiatives on 30 July. I wrote to all members of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group on 20 October, and to the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on 29 September, to progress the agenda on our Islamic Finance initiatives. In addition, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my hon Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Ms Leadsom), represented the UK at the World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai between 27-29 October 2014.