HC Deb 02 March 1973 vol 851 cc473-4W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now make representations to the Government of India concerning the holding by that country of over 90,000 Pakistan prisoners of war in defiance of the Geneva Convention.

Mr. Amery

We have been in touch with the Governments of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh about all the outstanding problems of reaching a settlement in the subcontinent.

Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ascertain the number of Indian persons detained or imprisoned by the Pakistan Government as a result of the war which ended in December 1971.

Mr. Amery

No. This is a matter for the Indian and Pakistan Governments.

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