Written questions

Pakistan: Hinduism

Commons · Question 26463 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of (a) abduction, forced conversion, and marriage of minor Hindu girl

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 3 Feb 2025

The UK is committed to tackling the forced marriage and conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including Hindu women and girls. I raised this issue with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister in November, and the British High Commission continues to advocat...