To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment of the political situation in Sri Lanka is. (251996)

[holding answer 29 January 2009]: I refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement issued on 21 January 2009 by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, Official Report, columns 29-32WS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking on the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka. (251998)

[holding answer 29 January 2009]: I refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement issued by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on 21 January 2009, Official Report, columns 29-32WS.