Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 103753

Bangladesh: Minority Groups

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support persecuted minorities in Bangladesh.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 6 November 2025 in response to Question 86282, and I would add that Baroness Chapman raised the issue of violence towards religious minority groups during her trip to Bangladesh later that month.