Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2017 to Question 110340, whether he plans to make further representations to the Prime Minister of Cameroon on reports of genocide in that country.

Our High Commissioner in Yaoundé has raised our concerns about the situation in the Anglophone region, including their obligations under international law in respect to human rights, with Prime Minister Philemon Yang and the Secretary General of the Presidency on 22 November. In these and several other recent meetings with Cameroonian Ministers, he called on the Cameroonian Government to exercise restraint, enter into purposeful and inclusive dialogue and to take action to reduce tensions. The High Commissioner will continue to raise our concerns, including Cameroon's obligations under international law in respect to human rights, with the Prime Minister and others members of his government.