Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of the number of Water Action Agenda pledges that the UK Government has made in response to Water Action Agenda agreed at the UN 2023 Water Conference in March 2023 compared with (a) Germany, (b) France and (c) the US.

The UK played a leading role at the UN Water conference, calling for stronger leadership, governance, increased finance for water, and embedding water across all sectors. The UK is working through partners who have submitted transformative initiatives through the Water Action Agenda, including the Fair Water Footprints, The Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) Water Tracker, and Resilient Water Accelerator initiatives. The UK also announced £18.5 million in new support to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene systems. The Water Action Agenda provides a platform to improve alignment and coordination globally on solutions to the water crisis. We are working closely with international partners, including the US and EU Member States, to drive forward coordination and transformation in water security.