Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to support the Special Envoy to the Western Balkans.

Drawing on his extensive experience and expertise, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, Lord Peach, works with Western Balkans leaders, our allies in the US and Europe, and officials in multilateral organisations, to support and strengthen regional stability and security. Lord Peach is supported in this role through policy advice from across Government, through a Private Office based in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and through the Government's network of embassies, delegations and permanent missions.