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Western Sahara: Sovereignty |
| Question ID: |
1809078 |
| UIN: |
HL8052 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hoey
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Baroness Hoey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the UK–Morocco Joint Communiqué of 1 June and the agreement to internal autonomy for the Western Sahara, whether they now recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the territory; and whether that is compatible with the |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
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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: |
On 1 June, the Foreign Secretary endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the Western Sahara conflict. The UK's position on the legal status of Western Sahara has not changed. We are... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |