Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kim Johnson and Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Tuesday 8th November 2022 Commons Chamber

[Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)]

11. If his Department will request that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons conduct an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons by Turkey in northern Iraq.

[Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab/Co-op)]

17. If his Department will refer allegations of the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in northern Iraq to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for investigation.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Leo Docherty)]

The Government are aware of reports that Turkish forces have used white phosphorus in northern Iraq. However, we have no direct evidence to support those claims. Of course, we take all allegations of this nature seriously, and we are committed to upholding the chemical weapons convention.