Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

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.

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-speech-at-the-global-partnerships-conference-19-may-2026