Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 95714 on Non-Governmental Organisations, how many of the 50 calls with stakeholders he conducted; and whether he attended the round-table involving 16 civil society organisations chaired by Baroness Sugg on 19 August.
The Foreign Secretary agreed a substantial engagement plan to engage parliamentarians and others on the FCDO's creation led by the then joint FCO-DFID Ministerial team.
The Foreign Secretary discussed the merger with a range of stakeholders through wide-ranging formal and informal engagements, including with Heads of Multilateral Organisations and Joint Ministers with CEO-level leading voices in civil society and business. Baroness Sugg, as the Minister responsible, led our engagement with Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations, hosting a series of roundtables.