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 (a) US, (b) French and (c) Chinese counterparts on the persecution of LGBT people in (i) Chechnya and (ii) the rest of Russia.

The Government continues to raise the persecution of the LGBT community in Russia in international fora, doing so most recently at the June United Nations Human Rights Council. With the support of allies, we have also raised the issue in the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE). Our diplomats in Moscow are in close touch with other Embassies in Moscow and are monitoring the situation.