PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Southern Africa: LGBT+ People (4 September 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Swaziland, (b) Namibia and (c) Botswana on LGBT+ rights in those countries.

Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

Our High Commissions regularly raise LGBT rights with Eswatini, Namibia and Botswana as part of our human rights agenda. The Prime Minister championed LGBT rights at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in April 2018, which was attended by Botswana, Namibia and Eswatini.


Answered by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
10 September 2018

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