Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they have offered the Catholic community in Loikaw, Myanmar, following the military occupation of Christ the King Cathedral in 2023; and what assessment they have made of the humanitarian needs of religious communities affected by the conflict.

The UK Government is committed to defending religious freedom for all in Myanmar. We continue to raise our concerns about discrimination of religious minorities in multilateral fora, including through our co-sponsorship of a UN Human Rights Council resolution on Myanmar in April, which underscored the importance of addressing the root cause of violations against religious minorities, including Christians. Additionally, we provide funding to the UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and have established the Myanmar Witness programme to collect and preserve evidence of violations and abuses, including atrocities against religious minority groups within Myanmar.