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Autonomous Weapons: International Cooperation

2026-07-05 · Ministry of Defence · 16184 · Official question

Shockat Adam

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on international efforts to regulate lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Answer

The UK will continue to be an active participant in discussions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems(LAWS) within the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Group of Government Experts (GGE), working closely with other sta...