Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many criminal cases were not prosecuted because the offender had diplomatic immunity broken down by nationality from 2015.
Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS1075) made on 19 November 2025 which sets out the serious and significant offences allegedly committed by those with immunity in the UK. We do not share details of individual cases.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the amount of funding required to fulfil the UN pledge to end hunger by 2030.
Answered by Amanda Milling
Conflict, climate change and Covid-19 have caused food insecurity and acute hunger to reach record levels. Almost 1 billion people in 92 countries already did not have enough food to eat before Russia started its war of aggression against Ukraine, and 55 countries, mostly in Africa and Asia, were estimated to be in acute hunger crisis, emergency or famine conditions, with the likelihood for the situation to deteriorate further.
The amount of funding needed to achieve the Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal has been assessed in recent years by the relevant institutions, with significant variations. These figures are now likely to increase as a result of Russia's barbaric attack against Ukraine.
The UK is monitoring the situation closely and has encouraged key partners to focus on preventing a global food price crisis immediately. We anticipate that this will be through a combination of policy and programme responses, both humanitarian and longer-term assistance. We are also discussing through the relevant G7 fora and are encouraging the relevant multilateral institutions to prioritise rapid information, analysis, policy options and prevention and mitigation response.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government has made to the Indian Government on its revocation of Article 370, granting special status to Indian-administered Kashmir, from the Indian Constitution.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
We are following the serious situation in Kashmir closely. Events in Kashmir have regional and international implications and we urge calm and caution from all.
We are in regular contact with the Government of India. We are also in regular contact with the Government of Pakistan. The PM has spoken with both PM Modi of India and PM Imran Khan of Pakistan. He stressed to both that HMG's position on Kashmir remains unchanged (it is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people). He also underlined the importance of maintaining dialogue. In addition to this, the Foreign Secretary spoke with his Indian counterpart, Dr Jaishankar, on 7 August. He expressed concerns and called for calm. The continued use of detentions and restrictions on communications are worrying. It is important individual rights are fully respected and there should be constructive dialogue with affected communities.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on human rights violations in Kashmir since the publication of the UN Human Rights Council's report on the situation in Kashmir in June 2018.
Answered by Mark Field
We encourage both India and Pakistan to uphold their international human rights obligations. Any allegations of human rights violations or abuses is concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently. We regularly raise the issue of human rights and Kashmir with the Governments of India and Pakistan. I discussed the situation in Kashmir with the Indian Foreign Secretary on my most recent visit to India in March this year. The Permanent Under Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office also raised the situation in Kashmir with the Indian Foreign Secretary during bilateral talks last month (May). With the Pakistani Government, the Foreign Secretary discussed Kashmir with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in March and I raised the issue in a meeting with Pakistan's Special Assistant for Accountability in late May.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government held its most recent discussions with the Government of Myanmar on the Rohingya crisis and status of refugees in Bangladesh.
Answered by Mark Field
The Foreign Secretary met with Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 20 September in Burma and raised the importance of the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees to Rakhine State, and ensuring those responsible for human rights violations are held to account. I spoke with the Burmese Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin on 1 November and stressed the UK's serious concern at the 30 October announcement of the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh that refugee repatriation would commence in mid-November. I made clear the UK's assessment, that conditions in Rakhine State were not currently conducive to refugee returns.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on appropriate (a) behaviour and (b language of the US president for his visit to the UK.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The Foreign Secretary spoke to his US counterpart about the President’s upcoming visit to London during his visit to Washington on 7 May. The Foreign Secretary made clear that we looked forward to welcoming President Trump in July.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on ethnic cleansing of Muslim refugees in Myanmar.
Answered by Mark Field
The Government is deeply concerned by the treatment of the Rohingya of Rakhine State, following the military's violent operation that prompted more than 600,000 Rohingya people to flee into Bangladesh. The Foreign Secretary has spoken to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi three times since the start of the crisis, most recently on 21 October, to make clear this situation is completely unacceptable, and to call on her to resolve the crisis. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific pressed Burma's Defence Minister to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of human rights violations when they met on 20 November.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bangladesh on offering Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar secured settlement.
Answered by Mark Field
The UK has consistently called on the Government of Bangladesh at official and Ministerial level to grant the Rohingya community in Bangladesh formal refugee status. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised this point when he met the Bangladesh High Commissioner Nazmul Quaunine and the Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque on 2 November. He also visited Bangladesh on 27 and 28 September.