Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to uphold the provisions of Articles 38 and 44 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to transit passage.

It has been a top priority for the Government in recent weeks, working alongside our international partners, to ensure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls or conditions, and we will continue working to promote navigational rights and freedoms in the Strait of Hormuz and in other contexts around the world, in accordance with international law as reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.