Conflict in Sudan

Baroness Sugg Excerpts

Tuesday 11th November 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

It is right that we are reminded of the role that the natural assets of Sudan play in this conflict. The people responsible for this need to know that we are serious about accountability, which is why we have supported the fact-finding mission, why we support the ICC in what it is doing, and why we will not give up. We will make sure that those people who are responsible for these undoubted atrocities are held to account.

[Baroness Sugg (Con)]

My Lords, I welcome the recent announcement of £5 million in additional aid to survivors of sexual violence, and I am pleased that the Minister has met some of those survivors. Can she say what steps the UK has taken to ensure accountability for sexual and gender-based violence, which is being used as a weapon of war across Sudan?

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

The use of sexual violence as a weapon of war is extraordinary and has almost become normalised in this conflict. We will work through our partner agencies, in particular the UN but others too, to make sure that evidence is gathered and testimonies are taken in the right way that means they can be used when proceedings are able to be brought—soon, I hope.