Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the African Union on preparation of contingency plans to ensure the functioning of the Union's Centre for Disease Control HQ in the event of conflict reaching Addis Ababa; and if she will make statement.

I spoke with Dr John Nkengasong, Head of Africa Centres for Disease Control, on 7 October to update him on the UK's vaccines policy and the UK's significant support to his organisation. The African Union (AU)'s mediation efforts in the Ethiopia conflict have our full support. I spoke with AU Special Envoy Obasanjo on 4 November, and with AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Bankole on 8 November.