Question follow-through · 11750
Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve co-ordination across UK instruments of foreign and international policy, including development finance and trade and diplomacy.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 8 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
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve co-ordination across UK instruments of foreign and international policy, including development finance and trade and diplomacy.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the speech made by the Minister for International Development and Africa at the Global Partnerships Conference in London on 19 May, a link to which is provided below:https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/baroness-chapmans-spe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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