Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of adopting a formal feminist foreign policy, comparable to those of Spain, Canada, and Mexico, that extends beyond development policy to diplomacy, trade, and defence.

In the May 2026 International Strategic Framework on Women and Girls, the UK committed to embed women's and girls' rights at the heart of our work, extending beyond development policy to diplomatic, security and trade work, using the full weight of our foreign policy levers to drive progress. We will focus on the disadvantages facing the most marginalised women and girls and address the deep-rooted inequalities that hold women and girls back.

This includes deploying our diplomatic influence, working through the multilateral system, and integrating women's economic empowerment and participation across our work on jobs and growth, trade and investment. Our approach ensures that women's and girls' rights are advanced across the breadth of the UK's international engagement.