| Heading: |
Sri Lanka: War Crimes |
| Question ID: |
1803037 |
| UIN: |
52505 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5278 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Uma Kumaran
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| Asking Member handle: |
uma_kumaran
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@uma_kumaran
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether former SAS soldiers working in private mercenary companies had any involvement in the committing of war crimes during the Sri |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4523 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine West
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| Answering Member handle: |
catherinewest1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@catherinewest1
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government is committed to human rights in Sri Lanka for all its communities and will continue to press for truth, reconciliation, accountability and justice for victims of the Sri Lankan civil war. On 24 March, the Foreign Secretary announced sanc... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |