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Claire Perry
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(14 years, 1 month ago)
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The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Jeremy Browne)
The hon. Gentleman is right: I shall be visiting Mexico the week after next. It would be good for us to meet beforehand to discuss the concerns that he has just raised.
Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con)
My constituency is home to many refugees from Zimbabwe, including 80-year-old Peter Seymour-Smith, who fled the country when his land and business were confiscated. He has said that he would go back if free and fair elections were held, which President Mugabe has intimated might be a possibility. What steps would the ministerial team take to ensure that if the elections were held, we would not see a repeat of 2008’s shameful practices and vote-rigging?
Mr Speaker
I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I hope that she will now take a breath.