Question follow-through · 16987

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received legal advice on the engagement of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide relating to El Obeid, Sudan.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 8 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 13 Jul 2026
Answer: 16 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received legal advice on the engagement of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide relating to El Obeid, Sudan.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 9 July, and to the answer of 9 July provided in response to Question HL1347. Legal issues on this and other subjects are routinely covered in the advice provided to M...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Sudan: Gold

15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts concerning the latter's' adoption of a ban on purchases and importation of Sudanese gold.

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Sudan: Gold

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North Korea: Sanctions

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with counterparts in the UN concerning action against the evasion of sanctions against North Korean coal.

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