| Heading: |
Gaza: Genocide |
| Question ID: |
1807113 |
| UIN: |
55524 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4676 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Marsha De Cordova
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| Asking Member handle: |
Marshadecordova
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Marshadecordova
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made any (a) formal or (b) informal assessment of the potential risk of genocide in Gaza. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answer text: |
The UK's long-standing policy is that any formal determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent national or international court, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. It should be decided after consideration of... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |