"Conditions have changed and improved in Sri Lanka", says British Minister Alistair Burt in Parliament

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"Conditions have changed and improved in Sri Lanka", says British Minister Alistair Burt in Parliament
(By: Janaka Alahapperuma)
"There is no doubt that conditions have changed in Sri Lanka and have improved to a degree after the conflict, but the issue is how far that goes," Alistair Burt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said in the British Parliament yesterday afternoon on Tuesday 14 September 2010 at 2.30pm. He made these comments when Parliament was open for 'Oral Answers to Questions' session on matters related to Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Ministry).
During the debate Sri Lanka issues were discussed under two separate topics. Minister Burt noted that it is pleasing to hear that the International Organisation for Migration does have access to rehabilitation centers.
At the Second Session, Barry Gardiner, Labour MP for Brent North raised a question on detention camps in Sri Lanka. He inquired about the recent discussions the British Foreign Ministry has had with the UN High Representative for Human Rights on the situation of Tamils in detention camps in Sri Lanka. Alistair Burt replied that there are still some 25,000 internally displaced Tamils in camps and British government maintain regular dialogues with NGOs and UNHCR, about their condition. And also maintain a dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka in relation to the issue. He further said that the UK Government had spent œ13.5 million to support internally displaced persons.
Conservative MPs, Lee Scott (Ilford North), James Gray (North Wiltshire) and Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden also joined the debate.