Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 65496

Armed Conflict: Gold

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Monica Harding

Liberal DemocratEsher and Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Swiss counterparts on preventing the international trade in conflict gold illicitly mined in Africa.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Switzerland is crucial to tackling the illicit gold trade as it is a key global gold refining centre, home to the largest gold refiners in the world, and one of the global leaders in implementing multilateral gold standards. The Foreign Secretary has enga...

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