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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-22more like thismore than 2018-03-22
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: International Development Select Committee remove filter
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, whether he has had discussions with the Government of Burma on its decision not to provide visas to members of the International Development Committee. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Edgbaston more like this
tabling member printed
Preet Kaur Gill remove filter
uin 133995 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-27more like thismore than 2018-03-27
answer text <p>We are disappointed at the refusal of the Burmese authorities to grant visas to the International Development Committee's members. In the run up to the Committee's visit, the FCO pressed for the visas to be granted, through calls to the Burmese Ambassador in London and representations to senior officials at the Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p><p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific summoned the Burmese Ambassador on 6 March to register formally the UK's grave concern at the refusal to grant the visas.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster more like this
answering member printed Mark Field more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-27T16:01:34.537Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-27T16:01:34.537Z
answering member
1405
label Biography information for Mark Field more like this
tabling member
4603
label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill more like this