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HL HL10688
Armed Conflict: White Phosphorus
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25 November 2020
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4 December 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 24 November (HL10150), what steps they are taking to review the designation of white phosphorus as “a legitimate obscurant”; and what assessment they have made of
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25 November 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 24 November (HL10150), what steps they are taking to review the designation of white phosphorus as “a legitimate obscurant”; and what assessment they have made of
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4 December 2020
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The use of white phosphorous in smoke grenades, decoy and countermeasure equipment and signalling flares is not prohibited under International Humanitarian Law. Incendiary weapons, including incendiary weapons containing white phosphorous, are governed by...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-25/HL10688
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1255617
- uk · wq-1255617 · source updated 4 December 2020