To ask Her Majesty’s Government what outcomes they are seeking from the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka.

We want to see outcomes on the post 2015 global development framework: the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) is an opportunity for the Commonwealth to make a positive contribution to this important agenda. The meeting will also enable Commonwealth members to assess progress on Commonwealth values since their last meeting in 2011, and to identify priority areas on which the organisation should focus in the future. This includes ensuring that Commonwealth values, as set out in the Commonwealth Charter, are being upheld.

CHOGM also provides an opportunity to raise further international awareness of the need to end sexual violence in conflict.

We are attending CHOGM not only to support the Commonwealth, but to shine a spotlight on Sri Lanka and to urge its government to take make real progress on issues of human rights, reconciliation, and political reform. We will use the visit to Sri Lanka to see the situation on the ground first hand, and to raise UK concerns frankly and directly with the Sri Lankan government.