Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 23917

Diplomatic Service: Neutrality

Tabled: 26 April 2024
Answered: 7 May 2024

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to British High Commissioners on their responsibility to not interfere in the domestic political affairs of the countries to which they are appointed.

Answer

British High Commissioners' sole aim is to support positive relations and UK interests. The UK does not interfere in the domestic political affairs of other nation states.