Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her French counterpart on reported allegations that President Macron has obstructed plans for an Anglo-French summit.

Ministers at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regularly engage with their French counterparts to discuss a wide range of issues in the bilateral relationship. Following her appointment on 15 September, a meeting between the Foreign Secretary and her counterpart is being arranged.