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Written Question
Kashmir
Thursday 16th October 2014

Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether staff from his Department have attended the trial of Mr Richard de Wit in Kashmir.

Answered by Lord Swire

Consular staff have provided full consular support to the family of Sarah Groves who was tragically murdered in Kashmir. Given the exceptional nature of this case, this has included accompanying them to court in Kashmir and attending key stages in the trial of Richard De Witt, the Dutch national accused of her murder.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2013
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2013
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"T9. Twice in the past year, the UK has failed to vote at the UN to support the aspiration of Palestinians for their own state as part of a two-state solution. On each occasion, the reason given was that we did not wish to undermine a future US-led peace process. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Jan 2013
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2012
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"3. What discussions his Department has had with the Libyan Government on reparations for previous victims of Libyan Semtex...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Dec 2012
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Nov 2012
Palestinian Resolution (United Nations)

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2011
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