Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the purpose was of the UK Indian Diaspora Champion's recent visit to Leicester.

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel), visited Leicester to attend Diwali celebrations at Leicester's BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Shree Hindu Temple and Community Centre, and to meet with members of the diaspora community in her capacity as UK Diaspora Champion.