Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 74321

Western Sahara: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the blocking of visits by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to occupied Western

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK has endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and welcomed Morocco's stated commitment to provide further details of what autonomy within a Moroccan state...

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