Question follow-through · 39719
Sudan: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with his international partners to reduce arms sales to warring parties in Sudan.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with his international partners to reduce arms sales to warring parties in Sudan.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
Support from external actors to both warring parties only prolongs the conflict and the terrible human suffering. In our engagement with international partners, the UK continues to emphasise the importance of refraining from activity that prolongs the fig...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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