Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the legality of the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar.

We condemn the recent sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint which is clearly politically motivated. Since the military coup on 1 February, the UK has consistently called for the immediate release of all those detained arbitrarily. The Foreign Secretary, in a statement on 6 December, called on the regime to release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, engage in constructive dialogue and allow a return to democracy. The UK also secured a UN Security Council statement on 8 December expressing concern at the sentencing. The UK remains committed to deescalating the crisis and supporting all those calling for a return to democracy.