Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the rescheduled Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda will take place; and what plans there are for virtual meetings to take place in the interim.

It is for Rwanda (as Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) host), with the Commonwealth Secretariat, to propose a new date for Member states' agreement, taking into account the international calendar and pandemic-related developments. The UK looks forward to a new date being fixed for the next CHOGM as soon as practicable.  The timing and arrangements for planned Commonwealth Ministerial meetings, including the annual meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers, will be communicated when they have been fixed.

The UK will remain as Chair-in-Office until CHOGM is held, and will continue to work closely with the Commonwealth Secretariat, Rwanda and the other member states to take forward Commonwealth business.