Question follow-through · 12726

Bangladesh and Myanmar: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support (a) religious tolerance and (b) the Rohingya people in (i) Myanmar and (ii) Bangladesh.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 5 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support (a) religious tolerance and (b) the Rohingya people in (i) Myanmar and (ii) Bangladesh.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK is committed to supporting religious minorities in Myanmar and we continue to raise our concerns over discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities in international fora. We are deeply concerned about the situation of the Rohingya. Since 2...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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