Question follow-through · 18645
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a Minister will attend the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in March 2025.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a Minister will attend the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in March 2025.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government does not believe the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons. The UK will not sign, ratify or engage with the Treaty and will not send Observers to the Third Meeting of Sta...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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