Select Committee statement on Thursday, 14 December 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Tom Tugendhat.

Violence in Rakhine State

Statement on the publication of the First Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Violence in Rakhine State and the UK's response.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 633 cc626-633
Session: 2017-19
Department: Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Violence in Rakhine State and the UK's response. Foreign Affairs Committee first report with formal minutes.
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: John Bercow | 633 c716 (Link to this contribution)
We now come to the Select Committee statement. The Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the ho...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 cc716-629 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great privilege and a huge pleasure to be able to give the first Select Committee stateme...; Kerry McCarthy | 633 c629 (Link to this contribution)
Mr Speaker, I know of your long-standing interest in this issue, which you demonstrated when you ...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c629 (Link to this contribution)
The Committee did look at alternatives, but it was very focused on the ability to return to Burma...; Pauline Latham | 633 c629 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. and gallant Friend agree that one of the main things that could be done would be to ...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c629 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right and I welcome her support on this. We looked at the UN action,...; John Bercow | 633 c629 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is deeply grateful to his hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latha...; Ian Murray | 633 cc629-630 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee for the way in w...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend—I do refer to him as a friend—and fellow Committee member speaks very clearly and ...; Nusrat Ghani | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend will recall that the evidence we took on the awful nature of the human right...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; John Bercow | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has now been referred to as both a military general and a Privy Counsellor; hi...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
Today is indeed my lucky day—Christmas and Easter have come at once—but despite those promotions ...; Ann Clwyd | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, congratulate the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee; it has been a very interesting C...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c630 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend. As is being evidenced this morning, it is a pleasure to ch...; Philip Hollobone | 633 c631 (Link to this contribution)
I visited the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar last month. It is now equivalent ...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c631 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I welcome his call for ethnic cleansing to be defined as...; Tony Lloyd | 633 c631 (Link to this contribution)
I returned from Cox’s Bazar on Monday. I commend what is generally an excellent report: every wor...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c631 (Link to this contribution)
I hear the hon. Gentleman’s comments on a regional response, because that is an essential part of...; Paul Flynn | 633 c631 (Link to this contribution)
Visiting the camp was an overwhelming and heartbreaking experience. I believe that, having met th...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman—my hon. Friend; he has been a dear friend for many years—makes some very good ...; Tim Loughton | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my plainly hon. Friend on this excellent report. Further to that question, Myanmar...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure my hon. Friend joins me in the sadness we feel that Burma is not currently able to seek...; Helen Goodman | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
We welcome the report from the Foreign Affairs Committee and agree with the conclusion that any r...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes an extremely valid point. Of course, we called in this report for absolute ac...; Hannah Bardell | 633 c632 (Link to this contribution)
I commend the hon. Gentleman and his Committee for the excellent report. My Scottish National par...; Tom Tugendhat | 633 c633 (Link to this contribution)
I not only agree with the hon. Lady; I welcome the fact that the Government have already done so....; John Bercow | 633 c633 (Link to this contribution)
I think that I speak for the House in thanking the hon. Gentleman and his Committee very warmly f...
Subjects: Human rights Humanitarian aid Refugees Violence Myanmar Rohingya
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Violence in Rakhine State

Secondary information

Librarians' tools