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Syria: Chemical Weapons

Asked by Priti PatelConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 97773

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85749 on Syria: Politics and Government, what quantity of chemical weapons has been identified.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

As indicated in the answer referenced by the Rt Hon. Member, it will be for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to verify the types and quantities of any chemical weapons destroyed, but the UK remains committed to supporting the OPCW in that work.

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