{"value":{"id":1817657,"askingMemberId":1516,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-30T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-07-03T00:00:00","uin":"63538","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Polisario to improve security in Western Sahara not occupied by Morocco.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5148,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-07-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Senior UK officials meet regularly with Sahrawi representatives, and we continue to encourage constructive engagement with the political process with a view to improving security in the region. In addition, Ministers and officials frequently discuss Western Sahara with international stakeholders and partners.</p><p>On 1 June, the Foreign Secretary endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the Western Sahara conflict. In that context, we continue to support the UN-led process to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, based on compromise, which conforms with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, including the principle of respect for self-determination.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Western Sahara: Security","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1817657","method":"GET"}]}