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Tony Lloyd Excerpts
Tuesday 9th January 2018

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I appreciate the sentiment that my hon. Friend expresses. The IRGC clearly does not represent the forces of progress in Iran to which I was alluding earlier. We keep its status for sanctions purposes under continuous review.

Tony Lloyd Portrait Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab)
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The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is a human outrage on a regular basis, and the tension between Pakistan and India is threatening world peace. Will the Foreign Secretary use the opportunity of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting to bring our good friends Pakistan and India together and move a peace process forward?

Mark Field Portrait Mark Field
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I very much hope CHOGM will provide that sort of opportunity. Both India and Pakistan are long-standing friends of the UK. On the issue of Kashmir, as the hon. Gentleman knows, we do not intervene or interfere; it is for those two countries to determine.