To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has recently discussed the case of Khun Tun Oo with the Burmese military regime. (193469)

U Khun Tun Oo, Leader of Shan National League for Democracy, remains in prison serving a 93-year sentence. The Government have, bilaterally and through EU and UN mechanisms, repeatedly called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma. This was a fundamental demand in the UN Presidential Statement of 11 October 2007.