Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Tunisia on the threat posed by the return of Tunisian Daesh fighters to that country; and what plans he has to support that Government in tackling that threat.

Earlier this week I had a productive meeting with the Tunisian Interior Minister, in which we discussed returning fighters, a challenge in many countries. The UK's approach to tackling returning fighters encourages capacity-building with upstream countries, building on UN Security Council Resolution 2396. We have a broad programme of security co-operation with Tunisia. We are also working with Global Coalition, European, and regional partners to ensure information and evidence of terrorism is shared where possible, and that affected countries work together to minimise the collective risk to our security.