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Debate between Sarah Jones and Mark Field
Tuesday 22nd January 2019

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Jones Portrait Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) (Lab)
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T7. My constituent Mr Niranjan Rasalingam is currently shackled in a prison in Myanmar, serving a 13-year sentence after being forced to sign a confession in Burmese, a language that he does not understand. Regardless of his guilt or innocence, he is a British citizen being mistreated. I have raised his case in this place before, but I understand that the Foreign Secretary did not make representations on his behalf during a recent trip to the country. May I ask him again please to give more support, and to advocate on behalf of my constituent?

Mark Field Portrait Mark Field
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I shall be happy to deal with this matter in my role as Minister of State. I hope to go to Burma, or Myanmar, within the next few months, but I will obviously try to deal with it from London at an earlier stage.