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HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Modi yesterday, before these events. We have been in touch overnight and throughout the day with the Indian Government, and I have been…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI agree with my hon. Friend that de-escalation is vital, and it is to that end that our efforts are dedicated.07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe agenda of the UN Security Council is agreed in New York, and when we are in a position to update the House on what that agenda looks like, we will of course do so.07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationOur focus from the Dispatch Box is on de-escalation and regional stability. My hon. Friend, who has a long-standing commitment to these issues, is right to focus on the damage…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationAs I am sure will be clear to all Members, I am focused on de-escalation and regional stability. The UK continues to stand by the importance of international humanitarian law and…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI recognise the concerns that will be felt in my hon. Friend’s constituency, as they are felt in Lincoln and elsewhere. I can assure him and the whole House that we will use our…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe hon. Gentleman asks important questions. The UK’s goal is de-escalation to try to ensure that we return to regional stability. The other issues between India and…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for the concern he shows for his constituents in Watford. As I have said, we are in regular touch with all those states that have an…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on India and Pakistan. The whole House will have been closely following developments in recent weeks following the horrific…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe right hon. Lady asks important questions. Let me take this opportunity to reiterate our condemnation of terrorism in all its forms. Our thoughts are still with those affected…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationIt is well known to this House that there are, of course, a range of wider issues between India and Pakistan, and Kashmir is one of them. However, on this most delicate of days,…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions, which I will try to take in turn. I can confirm that the Foreign Office is taking action to ensure that the best possible consular…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe hon. Member is right to finish his remarks focusing on the importance of direct dialogue, which I of course support. I will not seek to adjudicate from this Dispatch Box on…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationMy hon. Friend is right to focus on de-escalation. That is my focus this afternoon from the Dispatch Box. Our position on Kashmir remains unchanged, but the focus for now must be…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s long-standing attention to these issues. As Secretary of State for the Department for International Development, he sent a young DFID…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI can confirm to my hon. Friend that the dialogue will continue. Of course, the Prime Minister was in touch with Prime Minister Modi just yesterday, and I was with the Pakistani…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationThe situation remains incredibly delicate and fast-moving, and we have seen rival accounts through the course of the morning about events. We will of course track these events…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationAs I said in the previous answer, there is clearly a considerable amount of debate about the facts of what has happened just in the last few hours. I do not wish to focus, and it…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI can assure my hon. Friend that we are very much involved in the efforts to try to encourage de-escalation. I encourage Members with constituents and their families who are…07 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his measured and reasonable question. I will take away the issue he raises. I have been in regular contact with the Minister for Faith, Communities…07 May 2025