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HANSARDJammu and KashmirI think that one of the most important things the Commonwealth can do—I am sure its Secretary General will have it very much in her mind—is bring people together and keep lines of…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirThe hon. Gentleman is right: the issue of being a nuclear state makes the situation particularly serious at the moment, and it is one of the reasons why I think the international…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI refer the hon. Gentleman to my earlier answers on this matter. Successive Governments have clearly tried to work on it on a bilateral basis, which I think has been more helpful.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirThe hon. Lady will be aware that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights produced a report recently. She will forgive me if I do not try to say any…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirAs the hon. Lady will recognise, those applications are a matter directly for the Home Office, but there will clearly be liaison between the two Departments. We are closely…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirThe hon. Gentleman always adopts a measured tone, which I think is important for all our constituents. He should be assured that a great deal of work has already been done by the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI am sorry, but as the hon. Lady will appreciate, we are just covering the same old ground. I well understand that each and every Member here wants to have his or her say for a…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI shall be happy to express those direct concerns when I speak to the Indian high commissioner later today.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. We will do all that we can, along the lines that I have suggested. This is a very fluid situation, and obviously the most important…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI entirely agree. I cannot speculate other than on reports that have come through and I will not go into any great detail on those, but I very much hope that, if there are…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI am sorry that the hon. Lady thinks this is a wake-up call. This is something that is close to all our hearts, not least because there are significant numbers of diaspora and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He is aware that we are trying to do our level best, precisely along the lines that he has suggested. May I just say this to the House?…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI think he is suggesting that I am at least 50% to blame for that as well. I respect deeply the passion of the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain). I hope he does not…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI could not agree more. I had a chance to meet Imran Khan, at a time when he was regarded as a potential kingmaker, when I visited KP—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa—the region where his party…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank the hon. Gentleman, who always speaks with such calmness about such matters. I have had strong dealings with him on a number of issues, at both ministerial and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI agree entirely. We do, and will continue to do so.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. He, of course, was a Defence Minister and will understand that those back channels exist. Clearly they are not always entirely…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI take on board what the hon. Gentleman says and support the idea that there is a leadership role, not least within the UN Security Council, where clearly, long-standing…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. As I said, we note the findings of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reports, which are deeply concerning. We will…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and I will be only too happy to commit to making that pledge, as it were, in the telephone calls that I will have later this afternoon. I…27 Feb 2019