Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 72218

Armed Conflict and Genocide

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Josh Babarinde

Liberal DemocratEastbourne

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that policy-makers are aware of international law pertaining to war and genocide.

Answer

Ellie Reeves
The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by, or requested of, the Law Officers, and it applies to your question. It can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May:“By long-standing convention, observed by success...

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