Question follow-through · 84390
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK opposed advancing discussions on a new optional protocol on free education at the Intergovernmental Working Group on Free Education in September 2025;
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK opposed advancing discussions on a new optional protocol on free education at the Intergovernmental Working Group on Free Education in September 2025;
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The UK is committed to investing in children and promoting equal access to education. The UK already provides free primary and secondary education and has been supporting partners globally to deliver education for all. We challenged the need for a new opt...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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