Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle human rights abuse in Yemen.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded projects on gender and security; child marriage; and youth engagement. The Department for International Development has also contributed £10 million through multi-donor UN Trust Funds to provide operational and technical support to the National Dialogue Conference, constitution drafting process and election preparations, which further our human rights priorities.

Regrettably, given the significant deterioration in the political and security situation in Yemen since June 2014 and the temporary suspension of operations of the Embassy on 11 February, we are having to review our programmes.