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HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansThe hon. Member rightly raises the many atrocities that have taken place in Sudan on the basis of people’s religion, ethnic grouping and other minority status. I share his…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI completely associate myself with my hon. Friend’s comments and expectations. I assure her that this issue remains at the heart not only of our work on holding individuals…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansAs I have said, we keep all these matters under close assessment. We are leading international diplomatic efforts. Indeed, that is why we have called an urgent meeting of the…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI can assure my hon. Friend of that. We support not only the work of the ICC, but those media organisations investigating these claims. I mentioned the UN fact-finding mission and…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansThe hon. Gentleman knows how seriously I take these issues, not least as a former member of that Committee. Obviously, though, it is for this House to determine its Committees,…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. As I have said, we fund the Centre for Information Resilience, which is an NGO that collates evidence of these crimes, and we look at all…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with further details of how our arms export licensing criteria operate, but I can assure him that we have one of the tightest and…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of accountability. I have already referred to our support for the work of the International Criminal Court and, indeed, wider…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to talk about displaced people—my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds) mentioned Tawila. I can assure him that our…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansWe engage across a whole range of diplomatic relations—our special representative and others do so, and we do so in the United Nations. I am happy to come back to my hon. Friend…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI absolutely recognise the concerns of the Sudanese diaspora in this country—indeed, I have many different members of the Sudanese diaspora in my constituency of Cardiff South and…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and my noble Friend the Minister in the other place have made it clear that we…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansObviously it is not for me to speak to the individual policies of countries in the region, but the right hon. Gentleman will know that, regrettably, to date it has not been…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansMy hon. Friend speaks powerfully on behalf of her constituents, and I know that she is not the only one; as I mentioned, my own constituents have great concern about family,…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI note the right hon. Gentleman’s comments and will ensure that my colleague in the other place is aware of them. We are actively engaged on this matter. Our teams, our officials…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI assure my hon. Friend that we take these issues very seriously. We take allegations that any UK-made equipment may have been transferred to Sudan in breach of the UK arms…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansThe hon. Gentleman raises important issues. Given his previous career and having worked with him in the past, I know of his sincerity on these matters. Ultimately, the parties…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansMy hon. Friend rightly raises the horrific reports of sexual and gender-based violence in this conflict. We are providing specific support on that through our women’s integrated…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI associate myself with the shadow Minister’s comments, and with her horror and concern about this situation, which I think is shared across the House. The right hon. Member asked…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansI share my right hon. Friend’s outrage and horror at the reports we are receiving. We have made repeated calls for restraint on all sides in this conflict. We have shown…30 Oct 2025