Question follow-through · 105438
LGBTQ+ People: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the promotion of LGBTQ+ rights.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the promotion of LGBTQ+ rights.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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