Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had regarding the nomination of the government of Iran to the United Nations Committee for Program and Coordination, and the government of China to the United Nations Committee on NGOs; and what assessment they have made of the implications of this for freedom of religion or belief internationally.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.