A question on #Russia #ChemicalWeapons tabled by Jim Shannon on 29-04-2025 has been answered by Luke Pollard.

Heading: Russia: Chemical Weapons
Question ID: 1798196
UIN: 48908
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-29
Asking Member ID: 4131
Asking Member display name: Jim Shannon
Asking Member handle: jimshannonmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jimshannonmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help prevent Russian forces increasing the use of banned gas weapons in Ukraine.
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Date answered: 2025-05-06
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4682
Answering Member display name: Luke Pollard
Answering Member handle: LukePollard
Answering Member Twitter reference: @LukePollard
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Answer text: Russia’s use of chemical weapons on the front lines in Ukraine is wholly unacceptable. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has published two reports confirming the presence of CS gas in samples collected by Ukraine from the bat...
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Answering body ID: 11
Answering body name: Ministry of Defence
Tweeted: true