§ 15. Mr. Pound:To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on bilateral diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and India. [132012]
§ Mr. Connarty:To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the bilateral India-United Kingdom relationship. [132002]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brien:Our relations with the Indian Government are now closer than they have been for a long time across a broad range of policy areas. UK development assistance will increase over the next two years (to £300 million). And there has been a marked increase in bilateral trade (£5 billion in 2001).