Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what direct support her Department has provided for the drafting of a new constitution in Yemen.

DFID has provided £1 million to support Yemen’s constitutional drafting process, through a multi-donor United Nations Trust Fund under the leadership of Jamal Benomar, the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General. This builds on our earlier contribution of £3.7 million to Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference. Our support has helped to give women, youth and other marginalised groups an unprecedented opportunity to influence the negotiation of a more inclusive political settlement, as the basis for a more secure and stable Yemen.