To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made, or intend to make, a comparative assessment of the effects of religious anti-conversion laws in Indian states and the proposed anti-conversion legislation in Sri Lanka, and in particular their effects on freedoms protected by international human rights agreements to which the states are signatories. [HL2617]

We have not made a comparative assessment of the effects of religious anti-conversion laws in Indian states and similar legislation in Sri Lanka. The subject of anti-conversion laws in India has been raised in the context of the EU-India Human Rights Dialogue. Due to the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament ahead of elections in April, the draft anti-conversion legislation has fallen into abeyance.