Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the suggestion by the UN rapporteur on human rights and terrorism that the Maldives are "a hotbed of fundamentalism and terrorism".

The Government’s Foreign Travel Advice states that there is a general threat from terrorism in the Maldives. We regularly review this advice, taking into account information from a range of sources. Over 90,000 British nationals visited the Maldives in 2015. It is in the UK’s interests, as well as those of the people of the Maldives, that the country is stable and secure.

The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire) visited the Maldives on 17 and 18 January. He met key members of the Maldives government, including President Yameen and discussed many issues including counter terrorism and radicalisation.