Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, when he last reviewed the legal status of the conflict in Western Sahara.

The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon receives reports on the Western Sahara. Officials regularly meet and consult with international partners to discuss the issue of Western Sahara, including those from the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the UN, NGOs, Civil Society Organisations, and the broader international community.