Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 102173

Khaleda Zia

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the potential impact of the death of Begum Khaleda Zia on the a) security, b) political and c

Answer

Seema Malhotra
No such assessment is considered necessary at this time, but our condolences go to the friends and family of the late Khaleda Zia, and to the millions in Bangladesh who are mourning the loss of the country's first female Prime Minister.