Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help strengthen links with Belgium and Luxembourg.

The UK enjoys excellent diplomatic relations with both Belgium and Luxembourg.

Tomorrow, I will travel to Brussels and meet with the Belgian Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser. We will discuss the situation in Ukraine and measures for strengthening our bi-lateral cooperation and meeting the PM's ambition set out in the 2021 Joint Declaration.

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury met Luxembourg’s Finance Minister on 3 March 2022 to discuss our shared ambition to deepen financial services cooperation, particularly sustainable finance.

We will continue to work closely with Luxembourg on shared concerns

My Noble Friend Lord Ahmad will chair a roundtable on PSVI on 24 May and Luxembourg will attend.