Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tuesday 11th November 2025 Written Corrections

Sudan

The following extract is from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office questions on 28 October 2025.

[Charlie Maynard]

What recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates on the situation in Sudan.

[Yvette Cooper]

… On Sudan, I strongly condemn the escalating violence in El Fasher and the very grave reports of civilian casualties and suffering. It is estimated that between 200 and 300 civilians are in the city, at grave risk of atrocities, following the advance of the Rapid Support Forces.

[Official Report, 28 October 2025; Vol. 774, c. 145.]

Written correction submitted by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the right hon. Member for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley (Yvette Cooper):

[Yvette Cooper]

… On Sudan, I strongly condemn the escalating violence in El Fasher and the very grave reports of civilian casualties and suffering. It is estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 civilians are in the city, at grave risk of atrocities, following the advance of the Rapid Support Forces.