Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Myanmar counterpart on the treatment of the Rohingya people.

On 7 and 17 September, the Foreign Secretary spoke to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to express the UK's concerns about the situation in Rakhine and to call for an end to the violence in Rakhine State, safe return for refugees, full humanitarian access and implementation of the Annan Commission's recommendations. On 18 September, the Foreign Secretary hosted a meeting in New York with other Foreign Ministers, Burma's National Security Adviser U Thaung Tun and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin, to urge Burma to heed the United Nations Security Council's call for immediate steps to end the violence in Rakhine. I reiterated these messages when I met Burma's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at the UN on 20 September and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 27 September, during my three day visit to Burma.