Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 1 June (HL7914), whether the partners with whom they collaborate with regard to foreign aid spending on sexual and reproductive health include relevant elected officials in the countries concerned, particularly with regard to any expenditure in relation to abortion.

The FCDO collaborates with a range of partners to protect and progress universal, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Where these collaborations are with country governments they will often include elected individuals. Finally, all Overseas Development Assistance spent on increasing access to safe abortion operates within national laws in every country receiving UK funds.