Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 71176

Dalai Lama

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government accepts the Chinese Communist Party's claim to be able to appoint the next Dalai Lama as legitimate.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
This Government champions freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all in the UK and abroad, working to uphold the right to FoRB through the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora, and through bilateral engagement. For example, on July 2 the UK convened an ev...

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