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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-18more like thismore than 2014-11-18
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Burma more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of the word Rohingya in communications with the government of Burma. more like this
tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Matthew Offord more like this
uin 214863 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-25more like thismore than 2014-11-25
answer text <p>No guidance has been issued and it is a word that we continue to use in communications with the government of Burma. The history of the word Rohingya is contested in Burma, but whatever the history we believe in the right of minorities to choose the name by which they are identified. I and other British Ministers are on record using the word Rohingya.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Devon more like this
answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-25T16:17:54.343Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-25T16:17:54.343Z
answering member
1408
label Biography information for Lord Swire more like this
tabling member
4006
label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this