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Commonwealth: Soft Power

Commons · Question 47238 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking through the Commonwealth to support (a) UK soft power and (b) the soft power of Commonwealth partners.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 1 May 2025

Our Commonwealth membership plays an important role in the projection of UK soft power. Shared history means the English language is spoken widely, we have strong cultural links and similar systems of rule of law and parliamentary democracy. The Commonwea...