Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 87472
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Education
Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Question
Dr Simon Opher
Labour — Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on the UK's position on proposals at the UN to negotiate an Option
Answer
Chris ElmoreOfficials in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Education worked together closely to determine the UK's position on the Optional Protocol, as set out in the answer provided on 3 November to Question 84390.