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167027

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date	01/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kashmir
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from international non-governmental organisations and private sector organisations on human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	216483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>We are aware of reports from non-governmental organisations on the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir, and we continue to follow developments in the region. We are clear that allegations of human rights abuses must be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently. We regularly raise concerns through our High Commission in Delhi as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/12/2014 16:42:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

167028

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kashmir
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in India and Pakistan on finding a resolution to their dispute over Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	216484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 27 November 2014 (PQ 215726).</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/12/2014 16:40:11 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

167029

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on that country's ratification and implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	216488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government recommended that the Indian government expedite ratification of the UN Convention Against Torture during India’s Universal Periodic Review in May, 2012. The issue was also raised at the EU-India Human Rights Dialogue in December, 2013. <br><br>The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) discussed the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict with the Indian Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj during his visit to India in July 2014. We welcomed the Indian High Commissioner to the UK's attendance at the the ‘End Sexual Violence in Conflict’ Summit in June 2014.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/12/2014 16:57:21 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney