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Chemical Weapons Convention - Declaration of Protective Programmes

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Louise Sandher-Jones) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The United Kingdom’s chemical protection programme exists to safeguard against the threat of chemical weapons. The UK’s entirely defensive focused programme is permitted under the Chemical Weapons Convention, with which the United Kingdom remains fully compliant.

As required by the Convention, the United Kingdom submits annual information – via the required template - to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. In line with the Government’s commitment to transparency, I am placing in the Library of the House copies of the summaries provided to the Organisation that describe the United Kingdom’s chemical protection programme for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.