Asked by: Baroness Finn (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the new Bangladeshi government and on which dates; and if so, if whether they discussed the allegations of embezzlement by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family, and the associated laundering of money in the United Kingdom.
Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Minister for the Indo-Pacific visited Bangladesh in November 2024 and met the Chief Adviser and Foreign Affairs Adviser of the Interim Government. I refer the Noble Lady to the press release of this meeting on the Government website. In October 2024, the Foreign Secretary met the Foreign Affairs Adviser during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. We do not comment on any individual asset recovery cases.