Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to establish the UK's consular presence in Afghanistan again; and whether she has plans to evacuate vulnerable Afghans without having a consular presence in that country.

We intend to establish a diplomatic presence in Kabul when the security and political situation in the country allows and are coordinating this effort with allies. Where Afghan nationals have been approved for relocation, we are continuing to support them to come to the UK.