Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed (a) LGBT rights and (b) same-sex marriage with his Australian counterpart.
FCO ministers including myself have discussed LGBT rights and same-sex marriage with Australian counterparts in general terms. With the exception of marriage, LGBT people in Australia have the same rights and protections as anyone else. The question of whether same-sex marriage should be legalised in Australia is a matter for the Australian people to decide.