Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Indian counterpart on reports that 13,000 boys have been detained in Kashmir since its autonomous status was revoked on 5 August 2019; and if he will make a statement.

We are following the serious situation in Kashmir closely. The continued use of detentions is worrying. We have raised our concerns with the Indian Government: the Prime Minister has discussed the situation with Prime Minister Modi and the Foreign Secretary has also discussed it with his counterpart Dr Jaishankar.