Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the terrorist attack in Mogadishu on 19 August 2022.

Tackling Al Shabaab is one of the UK's top international counter-terrorism priorities, as we seek to keep the UK and its interests at home and overseas safe from the threat of terrorism. We condemn the ongoing violence perpetrated by Al Shabaab and partner with the Kenyan and Somali Governments, as well as the wider international community, to counter the threat posed by the group.