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947633

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date	24/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of India regarding reports that many Bengali-Muslim's in Assam State may lose their status as citizens of India.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL9892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>​Our Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is closely monitoring the updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam. The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of posts across India maintain a continuous assessment of human rights, including those of religious minorities. This includes raising issues with Indian officials where appropriate. We engage directly with minority representatives and recently met with officials from the Indian Government's National Commission for Minorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/08/2018 12:08:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

944090

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compliance with international law of the proposals by the Assam State Government to remove Indian citizenship from Muslims in that state who cannot provide proof that they were resident in that country before 1971.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	165568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>​<strong>We have not made such an assessment, but our Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is closely monitoring the updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam.</strong></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/07/2018 12:44:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

944091

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Indian Government to ensure that Muslims resident in the state of Assam are not (a) stripped of citizenship and (b) deported after that Government completes its update of the National Register of Citizens.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	165569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p><strong>Our Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is closely monitoring the updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam. The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of posts across India maintains a continuous assessment of human rights, including those of religious minorities, raising issues where appropriate.</strong></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/07/2018 12:48:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon