Written questions

War Crimes

Lords · Question HL12498 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Goudie

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to ratify the 2019 amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington, 8 Dec 2025

The Government's position on these issues was set out most recently by Lord Collins of Highbury in response to a House of Lords debate on the use of starvation as a weapon of war held on 16 October 2025.