Question follow-through · 53648
Genocide
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's definition of genocide is.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's definition of genocide is.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
As a State Party to the Genocide Convention, we adopt the definition of genocide as set out in Article II of the Genocide Convention.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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