South Asia: Religious Freedom
Commons · Question 98889 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
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
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 18 Dec 2025
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...