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Armed Conflict and Genocide

Commons · Question 72218 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Attorney General · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that policy-makers are aware of international law pertaining to war and genocide.

Answer

Answered by Ellie Reeves, 8 Sep 2025

The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by, or requested of, the Law Officers, and it applies to your question. It can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May:“By long-standing convention, observed by success...