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Hague Group

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 10 March 2025.

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Photo of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK joining the Hague Group.

Photo of Stephen Doughty Stephen Doughty Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK has no current plans to join the Hague Group. The UK is fully committed to international law and respects the independence of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 10 March 2025, cW)

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