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Women: Human Rights

Commons · Question 94213 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to support efforts to create a Special Rapporteur for Women and Girls Living Under Occupation at the United Nations.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 3 Dec 2025

In our discussions with the United Nations and other international bodies, the UK continues to push for greater priority to be given to the risks facing women and girls in conflict, as set out in the Foreign Secretary's speech on 24 November, available at...