Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the halting of the manufacture of Captagon in Syria.

We assess that Captagon production and supply chains inside Syria have decreased significantly since the fall of the Asad regime. However, illicit smuggling networks continue to operate across the Syria-Jordan border. We are working with international partners to raise awareness of and tackle the threats posed by the Captagon industry in the Middle East region.