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Richard Fuller Excerpts
Tuesday 25th October 2011

(13 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. That is enough material for an Adjournment debate. We are very much obliged. We have heard enough, Minister. We are extremely grateful to the Minister, but the answers are simply too long.

Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con)
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T9. While rightly celebrating the elections in Tunisia, may I draw the Minister’s attention to the other geographic end of his responsibilities, to Kashmir? Will the Minister meet the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, who is visiting the United Kingdom this week, and will he make the case for self-determination of all Kashmiri people within an independent Kashmir state?

Alistair Burt Portrait Alistair Burt
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The position of the UK Government in relation to the resolution of Kashmir has been long held. It is a matter for the Indian and Pakistan Governments to settle with regard to the wishes and the interests of the Kashmiri people.