Question follow-through · 49362
Children's Rights: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department undertakes Child's Rights impact assessments during the development of international development policies.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department undertakes Child's Rights impact assessments during the development of international development policies.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
As a ratifier of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the rights and wellbeing of children. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not undertake mandatory Child R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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