PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Developing Countries: Education (2 July 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will include girls' education as a priority for the UK's forthcoming Presidency of the G7.
Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
Answer
The Department for International Development is working closely with other government departments to define the objectives for the UK’s G7 Presidency in 2021. These objectives will be shared in due course.
The UK is a world leader in supporting girls’ education and standing up for the right of every girl to 12 years of quality education is a priority for this government, including through international engagement with partners.
Answered by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
9 July 2020
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