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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Education

Commons · Question 87472 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on the UK's position on proposals at the UN to negotiate an Option

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 11 Nov 2025

Officials in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Education worked together closely to determine the UK's position on the Optional Protocol, as set out in the answer provided on 3 November to Question 84390.