Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure there is a joined-up response by his Department to organised transnational efforts to roll back gender equality, human rights and democratic freedoms.

The UK is committed to defending gender equality, human rights and democratic freedoms against growing global rollback. Across the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, we are using our diplomatic and development levers to defend established international commitments, build coalitions with partners and embed gender equality and support for rights and democracy, across our diplomacy, development, security and trade work.