Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Tanzania and Dubai to prevent the expropriation of traditional Masai land in Tanzania for a big game hunting reserve for the Royal Family of Dubai.

We are aware of media reports about expropriation of Maasai land in Tanzania for a hunting reserve for the Royal Family of Dubai. In a press conference on 20 November, the Tanzanian Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism refuted the claims as inaccurate. The British High Commission and Department for International Development in Tanzania regularly raise land issues with the Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and will continue to do so.