Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take as penholder for Yemen on the UN Security Council in response to the recent escalation in conflict in that country.
The UK will continue to use its role as penholder in Yemen to support UN-led efforts towards peace. I hosted UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, in London on 10 January and discussed with him again on 26 January UK support for UN led peace efforts to drive forward the political process in Yemen.