Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Humanitarian Action on the situation in Sudan.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Ministers and officials are in frequent contact with Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS) as part of UK efforts to address Sudan's brutal conflict. Officials recently attended the HAS launch event and updated attendees on the London Sudan Conference. Officials have also met with the HAS representatives as part of consultations about future UK-funded humanitarian programmes in Sudan. Prior to the London Conference, the Minister for Africa hosted a roundtable with members of HAS, led by Zeinab Badawi, as part of our pre-Sudan Conference engagement with members of the Sudanese diaspora. This private event provided an opportunity to share ambitions and potential outcomes for the April 15 Sudan Conference and obtain and discuss thinking from HAS. The FCDO greatly values the knowledge and experience that HAS and other diaspora groups bring and we look forward to further engagements with them.