Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Russian counterpart on that country's obligations under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.

The UK condemns the indiscriminate or disproportionate use of any weapon, and the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian objects in contravention of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, other relevant instruments and international humanitarian law. Lord Ahmad and the UK's Disarmament Ambassador denounced Russian violations of international law and the UN Charter during speeches to the Conference of Disarmament in March. The UK also led efforts to expedite an ICC investigation into Russian war crimes in Ukraine. We will be forthright in holding Russia to account for the use of indiscriminate force against innocent civilians in its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.