Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in western Burma.

The humanitarian situation in Rakhine State is the issue of greatest concern in western Burma. Access for humanitarian organisations in northern Rakhine, where the needs are considerable, remains severely restricted. We welcome the Burmese government’s recent agreement to work with the UN in Rakhine and we will continue to push for full and unfettered access for all humanitarian and development actors.