HL Deb 14 July 1982 vol 433 c453WA
Lord Jenkins of Putney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What representations they have made to the Government of Pakistan concerning political prisoners and if it is the case that there are 40,000 such prisoners in Pakistan and that some of these have been tortured.

Lord Belstead

Her Majesty's Government have made no representations to the Government of Pakistan about Pakistani prisoners. Our policy on human rights is well known and often stated. Her Majesty's Government have no independent means of establishing what prisoners are being held in Pakistan, or under what conditions they are being held.