Question follow-through · 95191
Armed Conflict: Gold
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had at international level concerning work to close the regulatory and enforcement loopholes that allow the trade in conflict gold.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had at international level concerning work to close the regulatory and enforcement loopholes that allow the trade in conflict gold.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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4 Dec 2025
Answer published
The trade of illicit gold funds undermines the rule of law and perpetuates human rights abuses. Gold extraction and smuggling operations represent a significant loss to Sudan and undermine effective resource governance. The UK Government engages with the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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