Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of conflict on the Korean peninsula following Kim Jong-Un's speech of 16 January and recent missile tests; and what steps they have taken to prevent export of weapons and ammunition from North Korea.

We are closely monitoring recent statements from Pyongyang, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) continued testing of ballistic missiles. The UK issued a joint statement on 12 January with 50 countries strongly condemning the DPRK's ballistic missile transfers to Russia. The transfer and use of these weapons increases the suffering of the Ukrainian people, supports Russia's war of aggression, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime. The DPRK is already subject to a robust sanctions regime and the UK will continue to work with our partners to hold the DPRK to account for engaging in illegal arms transfers and breaching its international obligations.