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389878

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date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on using the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya with the government of Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>While the Department for International Development has no formal policy on this point, we believe in the right of minorities to choose the name by which they are identified. I and other UK Ministers are on record using the word Rohingya, and we continue to use the word in communications with the government of Burma.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:35:36 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389879

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has held with the UN Secretary General on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine state, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not held discussions with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine State, Burma. We welcome the firm personal stand the UN Secretary General has already taken on the Rohingya and continue to encourage a wider UN leadership role to help bring peace and reconciliation to all communities in Rakhine State.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

227913

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many ethnic Rohingya in camps in Rakhine State, Burma, have died in the last year; and what the main causes of deaths in those camps are.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	227887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Burmese Ministry of Health and the UN did not collect this data last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:01 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389880

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department is providing for internally displaced people in Shan and Kachin states, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2015 DFID has allocated over £17 million for humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kachin and Northern Shan States, including in non-government controlled areas.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi