Question follow-through · 105435

Diplomatic Service: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which diplomatic missions took part in a Pride (a) event and (b) parade in 2025.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
15 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which diplomatic missions took part in a Pride (a) event and (b) parade in 2025.

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Across our global diplomatic network, missions collaborate with local partners to challenge discriminatory laws and policies that enable violence and discrimination against LGBT+ people, and to mark key moments including Pride, but there is no central rec...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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