Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister's speech on Holocaust Memorial Day, what criteria were used when listing acts of genocide; why the alleged genocides against Uyghurs and Armenians were not listed; and why the genocide in Darfur, which is not officially recognised by the UK, was included in the list.

The Government is fully committed to International Law. The UK's long-standing policy is that any determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent national or international court, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. The Prime Minister was highlighting the appalling acts reported and the mounting evidence of abhorrent atrocities against civilians in the conflict in Darfur. The widespread violence and significant death toll are horrific. Those responsible must be held to account.