Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 88678

Autonomous Weapons: Arms Trade

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 13 November 2025

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Question

Brendan O'Hara

Scottish National Party — Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department supports negotiations for a treaty on lethal autonomous weapons systems in 2027.

Answer

Stephen Doughty

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Group of Government Experts (GGE) is the appropriate forum to consider the issue of emerging technologies in the area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). It is inclusive, expert and con...

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