Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2021 to Question 41005 on Afghanistan: Taliban, whether he convened internal departmental meetings to discuss the Taliban upsurge in Afghanistan on 12 August 2021.

The former Foreign Secretary has overseen the FCDO's response to the situation in Afghanistan throughout, including directing the FCDO's crisis response.