Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Consultation

Commons · Question 36064 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to develop internal guidance for including child and youth consultation for policymaking across his Department.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Mar 2025

As a ratifier of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UK Government is committed to the promotion, protection and realisation of children's rights at home and overseas, with the meaningful engagement of children and young people a core part o...