Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the UK-Morocco Strategic Framework for Cooperation on Climate Action, Clean Energy and Green Growth, signed on 9 May 2023, whether co-operation with Morocco on clean energy will include activity within Western Sahara.

The UK-Morocco Strategic Framework for Cooperation on Climate Action, Clean Energy and Green Growth is a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding which sets the basis on which bilateral cooperation can be built in the Climate Action, Clean Energy, and Green Growth sectors between the UK and Morocco. It builds on existing cooperation between the UK and Morocco in these sectors, such as through the Energy Transition Council and Agricultural Breakthrough Agenda. There are no activities within Western Sahara covered by the Framework currently. All activities are considered on a case-by-case basis.