Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current (1) humanitarian, and (2) security, situation in Darfur following the recent outbreak of hostilities in El Fasher; and what diplomatic initiatives they are undertaking, together with international partners, to end the current conflict in order to prevent mass civilian casualties.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation.