Question follow-through · 14364
International Humanitarian Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which teams have assumed functions previously carried out by the International Humanitarian Law Unit.
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
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which teams have assumed functions previously carried out by the International Humanitarian Law Unit.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2026
Answer published
As I explained in the answer of 29 April to Questions 129692-95, the media stories on which these questions are based were misleading, and as I reiterated in the House on 1 July, our function in this important area remains and the unit has not closed.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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