Question follow-through · 51141
Western Sahara: Self-determination of States
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27839 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, whether he supports a referendum on self-determination for the people
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27839 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, whether he supports a referendum on self-determination for the people
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
The UK supports UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, based on compromise, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. The UK also supports the work of Staffan de Mistura, P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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