Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent Debate
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Joan Walley
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Human Rights on the Indian Subcontinent
Joan Walley Excerpts(13 years, 3 months ago)
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Steve Baker
Not for the first time, I agree with the hon. Gentleman. That is absolutely our reason for being here: to give a voice to those people.
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
I genuinely congratulate all the Members who have got this matter on to the agenda of our Parliament this afternoon. There are many people in Stoke-on-Trent from Kashmir who feel strongly that the issue of civil rights and justice needs to be on the diplomatic agenda of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and that it must negotiate on this issue. We need to deal with the human rights abuses and it is important that this debate is followed through.
Steve Baker
I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I am pleased that there seems to be a cross-party consensus on the nature of this conversation, and I hope that will continue throughout the afternoon.