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1277799

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date	19/01/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	India: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What diplomatic steps he is taking to strengthen UK relations with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	911013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship with India that our Prime Ministers have pledged to achieve.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary led efforts to strengthen UK relations with India during his visit to India in December. With his counterpart, the Foreign Secretary discussed important new UK-India collaboration across trade and investment, defence and security, climate change and health, to be agreed in a joint Roadmap to 2030.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 19/01/2021 15:23:23 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1167924

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date	05/11/2019
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: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What diplomatic steps he has taken to strengthen UK relations with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	900307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s bilateral relationship with India is strong and growing. It is broad, covering trade and investment, people-to-people connections, and being a Force for Good in the world. The Foreign Secretary met Foreign Minister Jaishankar on his first overseas visit, to ASEAN on 1 August, and the Prime Minister met Prime Minister Modi at the G7 in August. They agreed that we should expand ambition of trade relationship as we leave the EU. The Prince of Wales will visit India in November to celebrate the depth and richness of the UK-India relationship.</p><p>New rules on post-study work visas announced in October will ensure we attract India’s best and brightest to mutual advantage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 14:51:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman