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Rehman Chishti Excerpts
Tuesday 18th October 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Duncan Portrait Sir Alan Duncan
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We have a dedicated consular team that often has to deal with issues of this sort. I will undertake to write to the hon. Lady. If she wants to come to see me and consular officials, I would be happy to arrange such a meeting.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
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I thank the Minister for his answer on Kashmir, where I was born. He says that it is up to India and Pakistan to come forward on the matter, but to get a long-term, lasting solution, the people of Kashmir must be given the right to self-determination in accordance with the 1948 UN Security Council resolution. The Prime Minister has said that she supports the rights of the United Nations—[Interruption.]

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I indulged the hon. Gentleman and the least he could do was to be brief.