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HANSARD KashmirI thank the hon. Lady for her thoughtful and wise words. She is absolutely right in many ways about one of the depressing things for all of us as parliamentarians in recent…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank my hon. Friend for that. I am well aware of the work he does with a significant Kashmiri population in his constituency, and I have had a chance to meet some of the main…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point. I am doing my best to de-escalate some of the passions and tensions even on the Floor of the House. As I said last week, I very…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank the hon. Lady for that. She will appreciate, and we have very much noted, the concerns across Kashmir raised in the report by the United Nations High Commissioner for…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said, because he is right: our defence capability here involves a significant number of leading figures in both the Pakistani and Indian…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI can confirm that in my conversation with Foreign Secretary Gokhale in New Delhi last week I brought up that very point, and we shall continue to do so.07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for what he said. He is absolutely right that it is incumbent on us all, as responsible Members of Parliament, to do all that we can to try to tone down…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirWe are working together on this. There have been a lot of other priorities, but I very much took on board the concerns expressed. As I mentioned earlier in answer to a previous…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI think I know where this is going.07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. An even-handed assessment is that effective, visible and verifiable action against terrorist groups in the vicinity of Kashmir is an…07 Mar 2019HANSARD KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He is right to say that there is a role to be played by bodies other than the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He will appreciate that…07 Mar 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI very much understand the hon. Lady’s concerns. The picture is very confused at the moment, and I wish we could confirm more what is happening on the ground. Part of the reason…27 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeWe announced on Sunday , in the aftermath of the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations, that we will be putting a further £200 million into Yemen. It is important to recognise the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDForeign and Commonwealth OfficeWe have announced only today, in the aftermath of the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations, that we will be putting a further £200 million into Yemen. It is important to recognise the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirThe Johal case has been raised on the Floor of the House, and as the hon. Gentleman is well aware, we have met on two or three occasions in the Foreign Office on this matter. I…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirWe have the mechanism of urgent questions to deal with such matters, and if there is an update we will want to make the House aware of it at the earliest possible opportunity. I…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirThe hon. Gentleman refers to the prime minister of Kashmir. The Foreign Office deals only with those whom we formally recognise. I am not sure of all the facts of this situation,…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI would not wish the hon. Gentleman to misunderstand the situation: we are a friend for all Kashmiris, and we are a friend of that region and indeed a strong friend for India and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI hope the hon. Gentleman will feel reassured that that is very much the British Government’s approach. It is important that we work together on this, not just in the context of…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirDiscussions about the current issue have taken place at the UN with our head of mission. If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, rather than giving a glib and quick answer here, I…27 Feb 2019