Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq on the (a) safety and security of the Ezidi population of Sinjar and (b) importance of recognising and including the local democratic structures of the population in any decision-making process for that area.

We have regular discussions with Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) counterparts, including on Sinjar. We have welcomed the recently proposed joint security agreement between the Government of Iraq and the KRG in Sinjar province and stressed that to be effective, the new security structure in Sinjar will need to work closely with the local population to ensure success.