Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Myanmar counterpart on the long-term rights of the Rohingya.

​The former Foreign Secretary spoke to Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi most recently on 11 June. He underlined the need for swift implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding Burma signed with the United Nations on 7 June, to allow UNHCR and UNDP access to northern Rakhine to support the creation of conditions to allow the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees. He encouraged her to announce further details about the Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in Rakhine, and to use the process to support reconciliation between the various communities in Rakhine, including the Rohingya.