Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on reports that Islamic State has taken over the city of Quaragosh in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

We have been deeply concerned about developments in Qaraqosh, since its capture by ISIL in August 2014. We frequently talk to our international partners about the threat from ISIL, including in June when the Foreign Secretary and I attended the Small Group meeting of the Global Coalition against ISIL in Paris. I had extensive discussions about ISIL and the territory it holds with all my interlocutors during my trip to Baghdad at the end of June.

The threat of ISIL remains a top priority for both the Foreign Secretary and myself.