Question follow-through · 106575

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by the Lighthouse Reports on Gezira state in Sudan, published 16 December 2025.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by the Lighthouse Reports on Gezira state in Sudan, published 16 December 2025.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

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  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 18 November 2025, and to the most recent Urgent Question debate on 15 December 2025. The UK Government is working intensively with our international partners in an ef...

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