Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 98889

South Asia: Religious Freedom

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport West and Islwyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of discrimination affecting religious-minority women in the garment sector

Answer

Seema Malhotra
We remain concerned by the discrimination that affects religious minority women in South Asia's garment sector, and we continue to advocate for their fair treatment, equal opportunities and safe working conditions. UK-funded programmes across South Asia a...

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