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Slavery

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 16 April 2026UIN 126277

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK Explanation of Vote on the Declaration of the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement

Answered by Chris Elmore

I refer the Hon Member to the press release mentioned in his questions.

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