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Lord Alton of Liverpool 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 whether it constitutes a war crime when white phosphorous is used as a weapon against civilian populations.  HL10688

Question HL10688: tabled on 25 November 2020 and due for answer by 9 December 2020

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Lord Alton of Liverpool 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 whether it constitutes a war crime when white phosphorous is used as a weapon against civilian populations.  HL10688
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