Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that monasteries receiving British aid though the Myanmar Education Consortium do not engage in (a) hate speech and (b) anti-Muslim propaganda.

Monastic education plays an important role in the wider education sector in Myanmar, often reaching children in poor and conflict-affected communities with no alternative schooling. The Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC) has provided system-strengthening support to selected monastic schools. Any schools receiving support must demonstrate a strong commitment to the inclusive values of the MEC.