Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking through its presidency of the G7 to progress the policy of ending the preventable deaths of mothers, new-borns and children by 2030.

Under the UK presidency, G7 health ministers affirmed our joint commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights of all persons and to promoting safe and respectful maternal health, new-born health and child health, free from discrimination, coercion, exploitation and violence.

The UK government commitment to ending the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by 2030 encompasses a wide range of our global health and development priorities including: health systems strengthening; nutrition; sexual and reproductive health and rights; water, sanitation and hygiene; climate and environmental impacts on health. Through our G7 presidency, we have committed to strengthen global health systems. This work is crucial for further progress on maternal, new-born and child health and is also essential to ensure historic progress in these areas is not stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.