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Carol Monaghan

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Planning (Appeals)
Tuesday 4th December 2018

(5 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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Yes, I am very happy to announce that we were successful in our application to join the GPA and we were strongly supported by a number of allies all over the world.

Carol Monaghan Portrait Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (SNP)
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The 3.9 million Christians in Pakistan are among the most persecuted in the world. Will Ministers assure the House that they are working with colleagues in the Department for International Trade to make sure that any future trade deals are not made at the expense of those people?

Mark Field Portrait Mark Field
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I assure the hon. Lady—I know the Foreign Secretary feels the same way—that clearly this is a major concern. As she rightly points out, we want trade deals with that country and we want to normalise relations, but we are particularly concerned about the freedom of religious belief, which applies not just to Christians but to many other religious minorities in that country.

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