Written questions

Libya: Freezing of Assets

Commons · Question 84151 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it her Department's policy to utilise frozen Libyan assets to compensate victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 30 Oct 2025

Libyan assets were frozen under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 to prevent their misuse, with the aim of preserving them for the future benefit of the Libyan people. Therefore, these frozen assets cannot be used to compensate vic...