Written questions, answers and statements

Sri Lanka: Muslims

Show full question

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 160197, tabled on 3 July 2018

Question

Paul Blomfield
Labour
Sheffield Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government on violence and intimidation perpetrated against Muslims in Digana and Teldeniya.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

6 July 2018

​I was concerned by the violent incidents against Sri Lanka's Muslim minority in Digana and Teldeniya, and in Ampara earlier this year. I wrote to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana in the aftermath of the incidents around Kandy to raise our concerns. The UK also made a statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2018, calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to hold the perpetrators to account.

Answered by

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Named day
Named day questions only occur in the House of Commons. The MP tabling the question specifies the date on which they should receive an answer. MPs may not table more than five named day questions on a single day.