Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent amendments made to the Constitution of the Republic of India affecting (a) Article 370 and the status of territories within Jammu and Kashmir and (b) Article 35A and the constitutional autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir.

​We are following the serious situation in Kashmir closely and are in regular contact with the Governments of India and Pakistan. Events in Kashmir can have regional and international implications and we continue to urge calm and caution from all. The longstanding policy position of the UK remains unchanged: It is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting political resolution on Kashmir bilaterally, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people