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Valerie Vaz

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Tuesday 12th July 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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We still have in this country 1.5 million Indians or people of Indian descent, so the connections are huge and robust. People come to the UK a lot and people go to India a lot. Clearly, early talks about the shape of our trade relationship with India will form part of our discussions over the next year or so.

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On the diplomatic front, what discussions has the Minister had with the Indian Government about the recent events in Kashmir?

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We are very saddened by the recent reports of unrest in Kashmir and we offer our condolences to the victims and their families. Our high commission in Delhi is monitoring the situation closely, and we have updated our travel advice accordingly.

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