Dalai Lama
Commons · Question 71176 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
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
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 11 Sep 2025
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...