Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the next annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.

I refer the Noble Baroness to the letter sent to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee on 6 March by the Minister for Multilateral and Human Rights, in response to her letter of 23 January on this issue, and I will arrange for a copy of his letter to be placed in the House of Lords library.

This Government remains firmly committed to the protection and promotion of human rights globally, and to reporting transparently on our actions. We are currently considering the most appropriate form of future reporting on our human rights work.