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Non-governmental Organisations: Registration

Commons · Question 102979 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the Department's standard response and protocol to responding to Governments which have de-registered UK funded NGOs.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 12 Jan 2026

Our responses will vary depending on the circumstances of each case. The UK supports open and inclusive civic space and an enabling operating environment for civil society globally. In terms of the recent threat to deregister NGOs operating in Gaza, I ref...