Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 74747

Western Sahara: Visits Abroad

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make his policy to talk to his Moroccan counterpart on the blocking of visits by (a) parliamentarians, (b) researchers, (c) journalists and (d) lawyers to occupied

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK Government consistently urges all states to uphold international law, and we continue to encourage constructive engagement with the political process regarding Western Sahara. We have supported language in relevant UN Security Council Resolutions t...

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