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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-02-25more like thismore than 2015-02-25
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Pakistan more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on discrimination and violence against people of minority faiths in that country. remove filter
tabling member constituency Makerfield more like this
tabling member printed
Yvonne Fovargue more like this
uin 907842 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-03more like thismore than 2015-03-03
answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan.</p><p>On 24 February I raised UK concerns about the blasphemy law with a group of visiting Pakistani parliamentarians.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary also discussed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014.</p><p>We will continue to support all efforts in promoting religious tolerance and freedom of speech in Pakistan, and call for perpetrators of human rights abuses to be brought to justice.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth East more like this
answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-03-03T14:21:31.91Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-03T14:21:31.91Z
answering member
1487
label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood more like this
tabling member
4034
label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue more like this