Alex Cunningham (Stockton North, Labour) Burma International Development

Burma
International Development

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department is funding any programmes promoting inter-faith and religious tolerance in Burma.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 11 September 2012, c216W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID does not have any specific programmes which promote inter-faith and religious tolerance in Burma. We are working with a range of partners, including faith-based organisations, to support peace and reconciliation in Burma.

humanitarian situation in Arakan State, Burma Sadiq Khan (Tooting, Labour) MP Alan Duncan

Burma
International Development

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Sadiq Khan (Tooting, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Arakan State, Burma, since 1 June 2012; and if she will make a statement.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 5 September 2012, c369W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

According to the Rakhine (Arakan) State Government there are now a total of 69,551 Internally Displaced People in Sittwe, Maungdaw and Kyauktaw. At the request of the Government, humanitarian agencies are providing assistance and operating in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. Priority sectors agreed upon by United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations include shelter, food, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, and protection.

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative) Burma International Development Alan Duncan

Burma
International Development

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she plans to take to ensure that victims of violence in Arakan State, Burma, from Rohingya and Rakhine communities receive humanitarian assistance without discrimination and that all those in need receive assistance.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 5 September 2012, c370W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

The UK Government has repeatedly called for the Government of Burma to allow unhindered humanitarian access to all of the areas affected. Humanitarian agencies, including those which receive core funding from the United Kingdom, are now able to provide aid to some of the affected areas in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence—but this falls short of what is needed. We continue to monitor the situation and humanitarian response closely.