Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to appoint a Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.

There are more countries in the world today engaged in conflict than at any time since World War II. Preventing conflict and empowering women and girls is critical to the delivery of the government's missions. We are working to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence, including as vice chair of the International Alliance on PSVI (Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict) and by supporting thousands of survivors around the world.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Ministers will take decisions on envoys in due course and appointments of any new envoys will be announced publicly.