Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on the (a) financial support and (b) legal protections available to ethnic minority communities living in Italy.

Ministers across His Majesty's Government regularly speak to their Italian counterparts. The Foreign Secretary looks forward to working closely with Foreign Minister Tajani, who was appointed on 22 October. Italian domestic policies, including support and protections for ethnic minority communities in Italy, are a matter for the Italian Government.