To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how her Department is supporting civil society groups in Uganda campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

Her Majesty's Government are committed to ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people around the world are free to live their lives in a safe and just environment. We are concerned about the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill being considered by the Ugandan Parliament and have raised our concerns regularly at all levels of Government.

We are in close contact with Ugandan Civil Society Groups and support their efforts to improve Human Rights in Uganda. For example, the UK, with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office playing the lead role on this issue, has provided support for training, advocacy and the cost of legal cases related to the protection of LGBT communities' human rights.