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...