HC Deb 01 July 1992 vol 210 c587W
19. Mr. Watts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of India about human rights in Punjab and Kashmir.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Both bilaterally and with our European Community partners we have raised our concerns about human rights with the Indian Government on some 17 occasions over the last 12 months. I raised this with the Indian High Commissioner in May, and our High Commissioner did so with the Indian Home Affairs Minister in New Delhi in early June.

38. Mr. Robert B. Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the British Government have made to the Indian Government on the question of self-determination for Kashmir.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We take every opportunity of impressing on the Government of India the need for a political process in Kashmir, which will allow the aspirations of its population to be expressed.

30. Mr. Stevenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the relations between the British Government and the Government of Azad Kashmir.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We maintain working contacts with the authorities of Azad Kashmir, as with the authorities of Jammu and Kashmir.

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