| Heading: |
Somaliland: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1805292 |
| UIN: |
HL7757 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential effect of recognising Somaliland’s statehood for promoting security in the Gulf of Aden so that international partners can enter bilateral security treaties with Somaliland. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4222 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Collins of Highbury
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| Answering Member handle: |
Lord_Collins
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_Collins
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| Answer text: |
The UK, alongside others in the international community, does not recognise Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence. We believe that the settlement of Somaliland's status is an issue for authorities in Mogadishu and Hargeisa to decide through ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |