Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that chemical weapons were used at the Al-Jaili (Al-Garri) oil refinery in Sudan in September 2024; and whether they plan to call for an independent international inquiry at the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

I refer the Noble Lord to the response provided to his previous Question HL3376 on 6 October 2026, printed here for ease:

We are aware of recent media reporting of alleged chemical weapons use in Sudan and are reviewing the allegations carefully. The UK takes any alleged breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention very seriously. Sudan is a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention and we expect all those in Sudan to abide by the prohibition on developing, producing, possessing, transferring or using chemical weapons. We have consistently raised serious concerns about allegations of chemical weapon use in Sudan, including at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and will continue to do so. Officials have also raised this specific report with representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and urged Sudan to conclude its investigation into the allegations and report back to the OPCW.