Question follow-through · 6336

Armed Conflict: Children's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect the rights of children in areas of conflict.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect the rights of children in areas of conflict.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The UK is committed to preventing and ending grave violations against children in conflict. We support affected children through our humanitarian funding and support to education in conflict and crisis. We also regularly raise the impact of armed conflict...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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