Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 December 2023 to Question HL1234 on Roderick Drummond, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart on Bahrain on the presentation of an award to the former ambassador on 23 July 2023.

Where a foreign award is conferred without permission, a Head of Mission will not be given permission to formally accept, or wear, the award, but is allowed to retain it. The Minister of State has not made representations to his counterpart on Bahrain on this issue.