Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Hungarian counterpart; and whether the issue of LGBT rights in Hungary was raised in those discussions.

The UK is committed to the principle of non-discrimination on all recognised grounds, including on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. I spoke to the Hungarian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Levente Magyar, on 30 April. I raised the UK's concerns about Hungary's proposed amendment to its Registry Act which will affect the rights of transgender people. Officials in our Embassy in Budapest have also discussed the proposed amendment with senior Hungarian officials, as well as civil society. We will continue to maintain a dialogue with Hungary, both bilaterally and in multilateral fora, on promoting tolerance and non-discrimination towards LGBT people.