Question follow-through · 49464
Western Sahara: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will he ask the (a) UN Secretary General and (b) Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara t
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 9 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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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
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will he ask the (a) UN Secretary General and (b) Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara t
6 May 2025
Target answer date
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9 May 2025
Answer published
The UN publishes annual reports of the Secretary General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, which include details of the situation on the ground. Members of the UN Security Council also receive additional briefing and discuss developments during ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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