Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 88677

UN Expert Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Brendan O'Hara

Scottish National PartyArgyll, Bute and South Lochaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the her Department's objectives are in its engagement with the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.

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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